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English Dictionary: intellection by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
intellection
n
  1. the process of using your mind to consider something carefully; "thinking always made him frown"; "she paused for thought"
    Synonym(s): thinking, thought, thought process, cerebration, intellection, mentation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Intellection \In`tel*lec"tion\, n. [L. intellectio synecdoche:
      cf. F. intellection.]
      A mental act or process; especially:
      (a) The act of understanding; simple apprehension of ideas;
            intuition. Bentley.
      (b) A creation of the mind itself. --Hickok.
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