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.
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