Intellection

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Intellection \In`tel*lec"tion\, n. [L. intellectio synecdoche:
     cf. F. intellection.]
     A mental act or process; especially:
     (a) The act of understanding; simple apprehension of ideas;
         intuition. --Bentley.
     (b) A creation of the mind itself. --Hickok.


         [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  intellection
       n : the process of thinking (especially thinking carefully);
           "thinking always made him frown"; "she paused for
           thought" [syn: {thinking}, {thought}, {cerebration}, {mentation}]