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English Dictionary: [intelligent] by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Intelligent \In*tel"li*gent\, a. [L. intelligens, intellegens,
      -entis, p. pr. of intelligere, intellegere, to perceive;
      inter between + legere to gather, collect, choose: cf. F.
      intelligent. See {Legend}.]
      1. Endowed with the faculty of understanding or reason; as,
            man is an intelligent being.
  
      2. Possessed of intelligence, education, or judgment;
            knowing; sensible; skilled; marked by intelligence; as, an
            intelligent young man; an intelligent architect; an
            intelligent answer.
  
      3. Gognizant; aware; communicate. [Obs.]
  
                     Intelligent of seasons.                     --Milton.
  
                     Which are to France the spies and speculations
                     Intelligent of our state.                  --Shak.
  
      Syn: Sensible; understanding. See {Sensible}.
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