INTEL'LIGENT, adjective [Latin 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. 3. Giving information. [Not used nor proper.]
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI