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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : in-tl-ekt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪn tlˌɛkt |
Definition of intellect
Origin :- late 14c. (but little used before 16c.), from Old French intellecte "intellectual capacity" (13c.), and directly from Latin intellectus "discernment, a perception, understanding," from noun use of past participle of intelligere "to understand, discern" (see intelligence).
- noun capability of the mind; someone with capable mind
- This boasted power of intellect—this giddy triumph of beauty—what do they do for you?
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- Conscience, he said, was the soul's safeguard, and reason the safeguard of the heart and intellect.
- Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
- For him the intellect as such is the organ of religious truth.
- Extract from : « Understanding the Scriptures » by Francis McConnell
- At other times the contests are only of the intellect and the mind, but are equally remarkable.
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
- His intellect was a blank; he had no knowledge, no desires, no affections.
- Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
- Shall I have to scold my coadjutor, or to reason with an intellect like this?
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
- It re-quires An elevation, and A preparation of the intellect.
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
- Let us not be supposed to exclude the intellect from a share in every highest office.
- Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
- But to follow those is the province of the intellect, not of the imagination.
- Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
- The intellect itself is but the scaffolding for the uprearing of the spiritual nature.
- Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
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