Dictionary definition for: Intellect
1. (n) knowledge and intellectual ability; "he reads to improve his mind" "he has a keen intellect"
2. (n) the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination; "we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil"
3. (n) a person who uses the mind creatively
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