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  • 11intellect — *mind, soul, psyche, brain, intelligence, wit Analogous words: *reason, understanding, intuition …

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  • 12intellect — [n] capability of the mind; someone with capable mind ability, acumen, brains*, cerebration, comprehension, egghead*, genius, intellectual, intellectuality, intelligence, intuition, judgment, mentality, mind, psyche, pundit, reason, savvy, sense …

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  • 13intellect — INTELLECT. s. m. La faculté de l ame, qu on nomme autrement l Entendement. Il n est guere en usage que dans le Dogmatique …

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  • 14intellect — ► NOUN 1) the faculty of reasoning and understanding objectively. 2) a person s mental powers. 3) a clever person. ORIGIN Latin intellectus understanding …

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  • 15intellect — [in′tə lekt΄] n. [ME < L intellectus, a perceiving, understanding < pp. of intellegere, intelligere, to perceive, understand < inter , between, among + legere, to gather, pick, choose: see LOGIC] 1. the ability to reason or understand or …

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  • 16Intellect agent — La notion d intellect agent vient d Aristote, dans son traité De l âme, III, 5 : c est la fonction de connaissance qui produit les intelligibles (noêta), les réalités pensées (dont Dieu) : il permet la saisie de l intelligible, du… …

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  • 17INTELLECT — The rationalism of medieval Jewish philosophy is manifest in its doctrines of intellect. Seen as both an incorporeal, universal heavenly substance and as a personal psychic faculty, intellect is both within man and without; it is viewed as the… …

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  • 18Intellect — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Intellect >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 intellect intellect mind understanding reason thinking principle Sgm: N 1 rationality rationality Sgm: N 1 cogitative faculties cogitative faculties cognitive faculties discursive …

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  • 19intellect — [[t]ɪ̱ntɪlekt[/t]] intellects 1) N VAR Intellect is the ability to understand or deal with ideas and information. Do the emotions develop in parallel with the intellect?... The intellect is not the most important thing in life. 2) N VAR: oft poss …

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  • 20intellect — (in tèl lèkt) s. m. Terme didactique. L esprit en tant qu il conçoit ; la faculté par laquelle l âme humaine conçoit. •   Tout, suivant l intellect, change d ordre et de rang ; Les Mores aujourd hui peignent le diable blanc, RÉGNIER Sat. V. •   L …

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