Definition of intellect

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Intellect (n.) The part or faculty of the human soul by which it knows, as distinguished from the power to feel and to will; sometimes, the capacity for higher forms of knowledge, as distinguished from the power to perceive objects in their relations; the power to judge and comprehend; the thinking faculty; the understanding..

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Half-witted :: Half-witted (a.) Weak in intellect; silly.
Food :: Food (n.) Anything that instructs the intellect, excites the feelings, or molds habits of character; that which nourishes..
Nous :: Nous (n.) Intellect; understanding; talent; -- used humorously.
Perceive :: Perceive (v. t.) To take intellectual cognizance of; to apprehend by the mind; to be convinced of by direct intuition; to note; to remark; to discern; to see; to understand.
Intellectualize :: Intellectualize (v. t.) To endow with intellect; to bestow intellectual qualities upon; to cause to become intellectual.
Intelligential :: Intelligential (a.) Of or pertaining to the intelligence; exercising or implying understanding; intellectual.
Potent :: Potent (a.) Powerful, in an intellectual or moral sense; having great influence; as, potent interest; a potent argument..
Foolish :: Foolish (a.) Marked with, or exhibiting, folly; void of understanding; weak in intellect; without judgment or discretion; silly; unwise..
Endeavor :: Endeavor (n.) An exertion of physical or intellectual strength toward the attainment of an object; a systematic or continuous attempt; an effort; a trial.
Intellectualist :: Intellectualist (n.) One who overrates the importance of the understanding.
Incapacity :: Incapacity (n.) Want of capacity; lack of physical or intellectual power; inability.
Amplitude :: Amplitude (n.) Of extent of capacity or intellectual powers.
Understanding :: Understanding (n.) The power to understand; the intellectual faculty; the intelligence; the rational powers collectively conceived an designated; the higher capacities of the intellect; the power to distinguish truth from falsehood, and to adapt means to ends..
Speculation :: Speculation (n.) Mental view of anything in its various aspects and relations; contemplation; intellectual examination.
Doltish :: Doltish (a.) Doltlike; dull in intellect; stupid; blockish; as, a doltish clown..
Dunce :: Dunce (n.) One backward in book learning; a child or other person dull or weak in intellect; a dullard; a dolt.
Gymnastical :: Gymnastical (a.) Pertaining to athletic exercises intended for health, defense, or diversion; -- said of games or exercises, as running, leaping, wrestling, throwing the discus, the javelin, etc.; also, pertaining to disciplinary exercises for the intellect; athletic; as, gymnastic exercises, contests, etc..
Pabulum :: Pabulum (n.) The means of nutriment to animals or plants; food; nourishment; hence, that which feeds or sustains, as fuel for a fire; that upon which the mind or soul is nourished; as, intellectual pabulum..
Organize :: Organize (v. t.) To arrange or constitute in parts, each having a special function, act, office, or relation; to systematize; to get into working order; -- applied to products of the human intellect, or to human institutions and undertakings, as a science, a government, an army, a war, etc..
Illuminati :: Illuminati (v. t.) Any persons who profess special spiritual or intellectual enlightenment.
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