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Synonyms for intellect

Grammar : Noun
Spell : in-tl-ekt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪn tlˌɛkt

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Définition 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
Example sentences :
  • 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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