He lived rather in a fair intelligence than any friendship with the
favorites.
Clarendon.
5. Knowledge imparted or acquired, whether by study, research, or
experience; general information.
I write as he that none intelligence Of meters hath, ne flowers of
sentence.
Court of Love.
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.
Tennyson.
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.
In*tel"li*gen*cer (?), n. One who, or that which, sends or conveys
intelligence or news; a messenger.
All the intriguers in foreign politics, all the spies, and all the
intelligencers . . . acted solely upon that principle.
Burke.
In*tel"li*gen*cing (?), a. Informing; giving information; talebearing.
[Obs.] Shak.
That sad intelligencing tyrant.
Milton.
In*tel"li*gen*cy (?), n. Intelligence. [Obs.] Evelyn.
In*tel"li*gent (?), a. [L. intelligens, intellegens, -entis, p. pr. of
intelligere, intellegere, to perceive; inter between + legere to
gather, collect, choose: cf. F. intelligent. See Legend.]
1. Endowed with the faculty of understanding or reason; as, man is an
intelligent being.
2. Possessed of intelligence, education, or judgment; knowing;
sensible; skilled; marked by intelligence; as, an intelligent young
man; an intelligent architect; an intelligent answer.