Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Intellect \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.

Source : WordNet®

intellect
     n 1: knowledge and intellectual ability; "he reads to improve his
          mind"; "he has a keen intellect" [syn: {mind}]
     2: the capacity for rational thought or inference or
        discrimination; "we are told that man is endowed with
        reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil" [syn:
         {reason}, {understanding}]
     3: a person who uses the mind creatively [syn: {intellectual}]

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

INTELLECT
     
         A {query language} written by Larry Harris in 1977,
        close to natural English.
     
        (1995-04-14)