<B>intelligence, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>the ability to learn and know; quickness of understanding; intellect; mind. <BR> <I>Ex. A dog has more intelligence than a worm.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>the level of this ability as measured on an intelligence test. <DD><B> 2. </B>knowledge, news, or information. <BR> <I>Ex. intelligence of a person's whereabouts. The spy gave the general secret intelligence of the plans of the enemy.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>the getting or distributing of information, especially secret information. <DD><B> 4. </B>a group or agency engaged in obtaining secret information; secret service. <BR> <I>Ex. Intelligence sent agents to infiltrate the enemy missile bases.</I> </DL>
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<B>Intelligence, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an intelligent being or spirit. <BR> <I>Ex. The great Intelligences fair That range above our mortal state (Tennyson).</I> </DL>
<B>intelligence department,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of the branches of the government that collect and study information that will help its armed forces or department of foreign affairs. </DL>
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<B>intelligence office,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an intelligence department or bureau. <DD><B> 2. </B>(U.S. Obsolete.) an employment agency for domestic help. </DL>
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<B>intelligence officer,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an officer in the service of an intelligence department or bureau. </DL>
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<B>intelligence quotient,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a number that shows the rating of a person's intelligence. It is found by dividing the mental age, as shown in tests, by the actual age (16 is the largest age used) and multiplying it by 100. (Abbr:) IQ (no periods). </DL>
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<B>intelligencer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person or thing that conveys intelligence or information. <DD><B> 2. </B>a spy; informer. </DL>
<B>intelligence test,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any test used to measure mental development. </DL>
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<B>intelligent, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having or showing understanding; able to learn and know; quick at learning. <BR> <I>Ex. an intelligent student, an intelligent remark. Elephants are intelligent animals.</I> (SYN) bright, clever, knowing, sensible, sagacious. <DD><B> 2. </B>having understanding or knowledge. <BR> <I>Ex. The association of these masters with each other, and with men intelligent of their merits, is mutually agreeable and stimulating (Emerson).</I> <DD><B> 3a. </B>capable of processing data by a built-in microprocessor. <BR> <I>Ex. Because of the falling costs of hardware, it is becoming economically feasible for students to have their own intelligent terminals (New Scientist).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>capable of making fine distinctions or performing certain logical operations. <BR> <I>Ex. The gadget ... is so "intelligent" that it knows immediately if a piece of paper ... is slid under the object in an attempt to remove it (New York Times).</I> adv. <B>intelligently.</B> </DL>
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<B>intelligential, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of intelligence or understanding. <DD><B> 2. </B>having intelligence. <BR> <I>Ex. an intelligential being.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>conveying intelligence or news. </DL>
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<B>intelligentsia, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> the persons representing, or claiming to represent, the educated class; the intellectuals of a country. <BR> <I>Ex. Each country has its own intelligentsia.</I> </DL>
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<B>intelligibility, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ties.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the fact or quality of being intelligible; capability of being understood. <DD><B> 2. </B>an intelligible thing or action. </DL>
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<B>intelligible, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>that can be understood; clear; comprehensible. <BR> <I>Ex. I believe Shakespeare was not a whit more intelligible in his own day than he is now to an educated man, except for a few local allusions of no consequence (Samuel Taylor Coleridge).</I> (SYN) understandable, plain. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Philosophy.) that can be known only by the intellect, not by the senses. noun <B>intelligibleness.</B> adv. <B>intelligibly.</B> </DL>
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<B>intelsat, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>International Telecommunications Satellite Consortium (organization of over 70 nations formed to control and promote work in global communications by means of satellites). <DD><B> 2. </B>any one of several communications satellites launched under the auspices of Intelsat. </DL>
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<B>intemerate, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> inviolate, undefiled, unblemished, or pure. </DL>
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<B>intemperance, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>lack of moderation or self-control; excess; immoderation. <BR> <I>Ex. His intemperance in eating caused him to become very fat.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>too much drinking of intoxicating liquor. <BR> <I>Ex. Intemperance caused him to become an alcoholic.</I> </DL>
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<B>intemperate, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>not moderate; lacking self-control; excessive. <BR> <I>Ex. intemperate anger, an intemperate appetite. Use not thy mouth to intemperate swearing (Ecclesiasticus 23:13). He remained silent in the face of the intemperate attacks upon the Supreme Court of the United States (New York Times).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>drinking too much intoxicating liquor. <BR> <I>Ex. The intemperate man was arrested for drunkenness.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>not temperate; extreme in temperature; severe; inclement. <BR> <I>Ex. an intemperate climate.</I> adv. <B>intemperately.</B> noun <B>intemperateness.</B> </DL>
<B>intend, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to have in the mind as a purpose; plan; mean. <BR> <I>Ex. No insult was intended by his remarks. He intends that his sons shall go to college. We intend to go home soon.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to mean for a particular purpose or use. <BR> <I>Ex. That gift was intended for you. He is intended for the ministry.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Archaic.) to direct. <BR> <I>Ex. Caesar through Syria intends his journey (Shakespeare).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Law.) to construe, interpret, or hold legally. <DD><B> 5. </B>(Obsolete.) to devote one's attention to. <BR> <I>Ex. Herodicus, who did nothing all his life long but intend his health (Francis Bacon).</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to have a purpose or design. <BR> <I>Ex. He may intend otherwise.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Archaic.) to direct one's course. <BR> <I>Ex. to intend homeward.</I> noun <B>intender.</B> </DL>
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<B>intendance, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the function of an intendant; superintendence; direction. <DD><B> 2. </B>a department of the French public service, or the officials in charge of it. <DD><B> 3. </B>the official quarters of an intendant. </DL>
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<B>intendancy, </B>noun, pl. <B>-cies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the position or work of an intendant. <DD><B> 2. </B>intendants. <DD><B> 3. </B>district in Spanish America under an intendant. </DL>
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<B>intendant, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person in charge; superintendent; manager; director. <DD><B> 2. </B>the official who governs a district in Spanish America. <DD><B> 3. </B>the administrative head of the colonial government in Canada during French rule. </DL>
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<B>intended, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>in the mind as a purpose; meant; planned; intentional. <BR> <I>Ex. an intended surprise. The medicine did not have the intended effect.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>going to be; future; prospective. <BR> <I>Ex. A woman's intended husband is the man she is going to marry.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> (Informal.) an intended husband or wife. <BR> <I>Ex. The plot concerns an aging wolf who manages to marry his nephew's intended (Time).</I> adv. <B>intendedly.</B> noun <B>intendedness.</B> </DL>
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<B>intending, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that is (such) in intention; planning or aiming to be; prospective. <BR> <I>Ex. intending immigrants.</I> </DL>
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<B>intendment, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Law.) the manner of understanding or viewing something. <BR> <I>Ex. intendment of the law.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Obsolete.) intention; design. </DL>
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<B>intenerate, </B>transitive verb, <B>-ated,</B> <B>-ating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to make tender; soften. <BR> <I>Ex. Thus she [nature] contrives to intenerate the granite and felspar (Emerson).</I> noun <B>inteneration.</B> </DL>
<B>intense, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>very much; very great; very strong; extreme. <BR> <I>Ex. intense happiness, intense light. Intense heat melts iron. A bad burn causes intense pain. Deep, earnest thought is intense.</I> (SYN) violent, vehement, excessive. <DD><B> 2. </B>full of vigorous activity or strong feelings. <BR> <I>Ex. An intense life is crowded with action and interests.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>having or showing strong feeling; eager. An intense person is one who feels things very deeply and is likely to be extreme in action. (SYN) earnest, ardent. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Photography.) dense. adv. <B>intensely.</B> noun <B>intenseness.</B> </DL>
