[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

intelligence \intel"ligence\, n. f. intelligence, l.
   intelligentia, intellegentia. see intelligent.
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   1. the act or state of knowing; the exercise of the
      understanding.
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   2. the capacity to know or understand; readiness of
      comprehension; the intellect, as a gift or an endowment.
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            and dimmed with darkness their intelligence.
                                                  --spenser.
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   3. information communicated; news; notice; advice.
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            intelligence is given where you are hid. --shak.
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   4. acquaintance; intercourse; familiarity. obs.
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            he lived rather in a fair intelligence than any
            friendship with the favorites.        --clarendon.
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   5. knowledge imparted or acquired, whether by study,
      research, or experience; general information.
      specifically; mil. information about an enemy or
      potential enemy, his capacities, and intentions.
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            i write as he that none intelligence
            of meters hath, ne flowers of sentence. --court of
                                                  love.
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   6. an intelligent being or spirit; -- generally applied to
      pure spirits; as, a created intelligence. --milton.
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            the great intelligences fair
            that range above our mortal state,
            in circle round the blessed gate,
            received and gave him welcome there.  --tennyson.
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   7. mil. the division within a military organization that
      gathers and evaluates information about an enemy.
      pjc

   intelligence office, an office where information may be
      obtained, particularly respecting servants to be hired.

   syn: understanding; intellect; instruction; advice; notice;
        notification; news; information; report.
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intelligent intelligence office 

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