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  1. adjective Having intelligence.
  2. adjective Having a high degree of intelligence; mentally acute.
  3. adjective Showing sound judgment and rationality: an intelligent decision; an intelligent solution to the problem.
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  • If the creatures trailing them were semi-intelligent, they would assume that the two castaways had followed their usual pattern, and had taken shelter before the rain started. —  The Silver Gryphon
  • Puppeteers are highly intelligent, herbivorous, and very old as a species. —  Neutron Star
  • His eyes were mild, intelligent, his expression one of gentle impassivity. —  The Speaker Of Mandarin
  • The boy wasn't over-intelligent, and Jik should have little trouble in losing him. —  In The Frame
  • It is a pity a mount this intelligent is also so beautiful. " —  Oathbreaker
 

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  1. Latin intelligēns, intelligent-, present participle of intellegere, intelligere, to perceive : inter-, inter- + legere, to choose; see leg- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from French intelligent = Spanish Portuguese Italian intelligente, from Latin intellegen(t-)s, intelligen(t-)s, discerning, understanding, present participle of intellegere, intelligere, see into, perceive, discern, distinguish, discriminate, understand, from inter, between, + legere, gather, collect, pick, choose, read: see legend.
 

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