intellect : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: intellect	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for intellect
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
intellect n knowledge and intellectual ability; "he reads to improve his mind"; "he has a keen intellect" Synonym(s): mind, intellect 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" Synonym(s): reason, understanding, intellect a person who uses the mind creatively Synonym(s): intellectual, intellect
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
INTELLECT A {query language} written by Larry Harris in 1977, close to natural English. (1995-04-14)