Hypertext Webster Gateway: "intellection"
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
intellection
n : the process of thinking (especially thinking carefully);
"thinking always made him frown"; "she paused for
thought" [syn: {thinking}, {thought}, {cerebration}, {mentation}]
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