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Pertaining to, or produced by, the intellect or understanding; intellectual.

Endowed with intellect; having the power of understanding; having capacity for the higher forms of knowledge or thought; characterized by intelligence or mental capacity; as, an intellectual person. Who would lose, Though full of pain, this intellectual being, Those thoughts that wander through eternity Milton.…

One who overrates the importance of the understanding. [R.] Bacon.

The act or state of knowing; the exercise of the understanding.

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.

Attention; consideration; knowledge; understanding. [Obs.] Spenser.

The true meaning, understanding, or intention of a law, or of any legal instrument.

ths, accounts, plots, etc. His style was fit to convey the most intricate business to the understanding with the utmost clearness. Addison. The nature of man is intricate. Burke.

Inward sense; mind; understanding; conscience. [Obs.] Wyclif.

Not rational; void of reason or understanding; as, brutes are irrational animals.

Understanding law; skilled in jurisprudence. G. West.

ute of mind; sharp; penetrating; having or expressing mental acuteness; as, a man of keen understanding; a keen look; keen features. To make our wits more keen. Shak. Before the keen inquiry of her thought. Cowper.

One who is deficient in understanding; a witless person. Shak.

tudy, or investigation; to receive instruction concerning; to fix in the mind; to acquire understanding of, or skill; as, to learn the way; to learn a lesson; to learn dancing; to learn to skate; to learn the violin; to learn the truth about something. "Learn to do well." Is. i. 17. Now learn a parable of the fig tree.…

Well balanced; even; just; steady; impartial; as, a level head; a level understanding. [Colloq.] " A level consideration." Shak.

To free from restraint; to set at liberty.. It loosens his hands, and assists his understanding. Dryden.

In a mad manner; without reason or understanding; wildly.

t to the senses, esp. to the sight; apparent; distinctly perceived; hence, obvious to the understanding; apparent to the mind; easily apprehensible; plain; not obscure or hidden. Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight. Heb. iv. 13. That which may be known of God is manifest in them. Rom. i. 19.…

nifesting or disclosing, or the state of being manifested; discovery to the eye or to the understanding; also, that which manifests; exhibition; display; revelation; as, the manifestation of God's power in creation. The secret manner in which acts of mercy ought to be performed, requires this public manifestation of th…