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Intellect

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The power of reading mentally; hence the power of understanding and quickly grasping what requires intelligence and thought. (Latin, intus lego, I read within me.)

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Inscription of a Coin
Insolence. (Latin, in-soleo.)
Inspired Idiot (The)
Instinct
Institutes
Instructions to the Committee
Insubri
Insult
Insulter
Intaglio (Italian)
Intellect
Intendance Militaire
Intentions
Inter Alia (Latin)
Inter Cæsa et Porrecta
Inter Canem et Lupum
Inter Nos
Inter Pocula
Inter Rex (Latin)
Intercalary (Latin)
Interdict

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