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Not diligent; idle; slothful. [Obs.] Feltham. -- In*dil"i*gent*ly, adv. [Obs.]

The state or quality of being ineligible.

Not eligible; not qualified to be chos Burke.

In an ineligible manner.

See Enlighten.

prehension; the intellect, as a gift or an endowment. And dimmed with darkness their intelligence. Spenser.

One who, or that which, sends or conveys intelligence or news; a messenger. All the intriguers in foreign politics, all the spies, and all the intelligencers . . . acted solely upon that principle. Burke.

Informing; giving information; talebearing. [Obs.] Shak. That sad intelligencing tyrant. Milton.

Intelligence. [Obs.] Evelyn.

Endowed with the faculty of understanding or reason; as, man is an intelligent being.

Of or pertaining to the intelligence; exercising or implying understanding; intellectual. "With act intelligential." Milton.

One who gives information; an intelligencer. [Obs.] Holinshed.

In an intelligent manner; with intelligence.

The quality or state of being intelligible; clearness; perspicuity; definiteness.

Capable of being understood or comprehended; as, an intelligible account or description; intelligible pronunciation, writing, etc. The intelligible forms of ancient poets. Coleridge.

The quality or state of being intelligible; intelligibility. Locke.

In an intelligible manner; so as to be understood; clearly; plainly; as, to write or speak intelligibly.

The state of being irreligious; want of religion; impiety.

One who is irreligious.

Destitute of religion; not controlled by religious motives or principles; ungodly. Cf. Impiou. Shame and reproach are generally the portion of the impious and irreligious. South.