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[Lat. in tell i gens. pa. par. of in tell i go to understand; Fr. intelligent; Sp. inteligente; Ital. intelligente.] 1. Understanding; seeing into; cognizant, skilled. "Part loosely wing the region, part more wise, In common ranged in figure, wedge their way, Intelligent of seasons." Milton: P. L. , vii. 42. 2. Endowed with the faculty of understanding or IMG:content-1750.png:[blocks in formation] *In-těl-li-gen-tial (ti as sh), *in-tel-li-gencial, a . [Eng. intelligent ; -ial .] 1. Intellectual; exercising understanding; imply ing or characterized by understanding. "The devil entered, and his brutal sense In heart or head, po e ing, soon inspired With act intelligential . " -Milton: P. L. , ix. 190. 2. Consisting of intelligence, unbodied mind, or spiritual being. "Food alike those pure Intelligential substances require 2346 *In-tel-li-gen-tiar-ý (ti as sh), *in-tel-ligen-ciar-y, s. [Eng. intelligency; -ary.] One who conveys intelligence; an informer; an intelligencer. In-tel-li-gent-lý, adv . [Eng. intelligent; -ly.] In an intelligent manner; with intelligence. "Intelligently on their behalf to present all their praises and acclamations to their common Creator." Hale : Orig. of Mankind , p. 372. In-tel-lig-1-bil-1-ty, s. [Eng. intelligible ; -ity.] 1. The quality or state of being intelligible; po ibility to be understood; plainne , clearne , per spicuity. IMG:content-1751.png:[blocks in formation] uous. A. As adj .: Capable of being understood or comprehended; comprehensible, plain, clear, perspicB. As subst.: That which can be understood or comprehended. "Thus in tell i gib les are conveyed from one man to another by writing."-Hale: Orig. of Mankind. In-těl-lig-1-ble-ne , s . [English intelligible ; -ne . The quality or state of being intelligible; intelligibility. "It is in our ideas that both the rightne of our knowl. edge, and the propriety or intelligiblene of our speaking, consists."-Locke: Human Understanding. in-tel-lig-1-bly, adv . [Eng. in tell i gib ( le ); -ly .] In an intelligible manner; so as to be understood; plainly, clearly. "Which, if we speak intelligibly , is to charge God with making us guilty, when we were not." -Bp . Taylor: Of Repentance. *in-tem-er-ate, a . [Lat. in teme ratus, from in not, and temeratus , pa. par. of temero =to pollute, to defile.] Not polluted or defiled; unpolluted, pure, undefiled. "The entire and intemerate comeline of virtues."Par then i a Sacra (Pref.), A. 4 b . (1633). *In-tem-er-ate-ne e, 8. [Eng. intemerate; -ne .] The quality or state of being intemerate. "The sincerity and intemeratene e of the fountain." -Donne: Letter to Sir H. G. , p. 281.