intellection Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
    cerebration; thinking; mentation; thought; thought process.
    • thinking always made him frown
    • she paused for thought

WordNet

In`tel*lec"tion noun
Etymology
L. intellectio synecdoche: cf. F. intellection.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913