In"tel*lect (?), n. [L.
intellectus, fr. intelligere, intellectum, to
understand: cf. intellect. See Intelligent.]
(Metaph.) The part or faculty of the human soul by which
it knows, as distinguished from the power to feel and to will;
sometimes, the capacity for higher forms of knowledge, as
distinguished from the power to perceive objects in their relations;
the power to judge and comprehend; the thinking faculty; the
understanding.