intelligence office

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intelligence office - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Intelligence \In*tel"li*gence\, n. [F. intelligence, L.
     intelligentia, intellegentia. See Intelligent.]
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     1. The act or state of knowing; the exercise of the
        understanding.
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     2. The capacity to know or understand; readiness of
        comprehension; the intellect, as a gift or an endowment.
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              And dimmed with darkness their intelligence.
                                                    --Spenser.
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     3. Information communicated; news; notice; advice.
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              Intelligence is given where you are hid. --Shak.
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     4. Acquaintance; intercourse; familiarity. [Obs.]
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              He lived rather in a fair intelligence than any
              friendship with the favorites.        --Clarendon.
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     5. Knowledge imparted or acquired, whether by study,
        research, or experience; general information.
        Specifically; (Mil.) Information about an enemy or
        potential enemy, his capacities, and intentions.
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              I write as he that none intelligence
              Of meters hath, ne flowers of sentence. --Court of
                                                    Love.
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     6. An intelligent being or spirit; -- generally applied to
        pure spirits; as, a created intelligence. --Milton.
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              The great Intelligences fair
              That range above our mortal state,
              In circle round the blessed gate,
              Received and gave him welcome there.  --Tennyson.
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     7. (Mil.) The division within a military organization that
        gathers and evaluates information about an enemy.
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     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.
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