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Intellect - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Intellect : (noun)
1: knowledge and intellectual ability; "he reads to improve his
mind"; "he has a keen intellect" [syn: mind]
2: the capacity for rational thought or inference or
discrimination; "we are told that man is endowed with
reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil" [syn:
reason, understanding]
3: a person who uses the mind creatively [syn: intellectual]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Intellect : \In"tel*lect\, n. [L. intellectus, fr. intelligere,
intellectum, to understand: cf. intellect. See
Intelligent.] (Metaph.)
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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Intellect :
A query language written by Larry Harris in 1977,
close to natural English.
(1995-04-14)
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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