Intelligence
Intelligence , noun
[French intelligence, Latin intelligentia, intellegentia. See Intelligent.]
1.
The act or state of knowing; the exercise of the understanding.
2.
The capacity to know or understand; readiness of comprehension; the intellect, as a gift or an endowment.
And dimmed with darkness their intelligence.
3.
Information communicated; news; notice; advice.
Intelligence is given where you are hid.
4.
Acquaintance; intercourse; familiarity. [Obsolete]
He lived rather in a fair intelligence than any friendship with the favorites.
5.
(Military) Knowledge imparted or acquired, whether by study, research, or experience; general information.
(Military) Information about an enemy or potential enemy, his capacities, and intentions.
I write as he that none intelligence
Of meters hath, ne flowers of sentence.
6.
An intelligent being or spirit; -- generally applied to pure spirits; as, a created intelligence. — Milton
The great Intelligences fair
That range above our mortal state,
In circle round the blessed gate,
Received and gave him welcome there.
7.
(Military) The division within a military organization that gathers and evaluates information about an enemy.
Collocations (1)
Intelligence office , an office where information may be obtained, particularly respecting servants to be hired.