Emily Dickinson Lexicon

IN-TEL'LI-GENT, a. [Fr. from L. intelligens.]

1. Endowed with the faculty of understanding or reason. Man is an intelligent being.
2. Knowing; understanding; well informed; skilled; as, an intelligent officer; an intelligent young man; an intelligent architect; sometimes followed by of; as, intelligent of seasons. Milton.
3. Giving information. [Not used nor proper.] Shak.