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Webster 1913 Edition
Intuitive
In-tu′i-tive
,Adj.
[Cf. F.
intuitif
.] 1.
Seeing clearly;
as, an
intuitive
view; intuitive
vision.2.
Knowing, or perceiving, by intuition; capable of knowing without deduction or reasoning.
Whence the soul
Reason receives, and reason is her being,
Discursive, or
Reason receives, and reason is her being,
Discursive, or
intuitive
. Milton.
3.
Received, reached, obtained, or perceived, by intuition;
as,
; – opposed to intuitive
judgment or knowledgedeductive
. Locke.
Webster 1828 Edition
Intuitive
INTU'ITIVE
, a.1.
Perceived by the mind immediately, without the intervention of argument or testimony; exhibiting truth to the mind on bare inspection; as intuitive evidence.2.
Received or obtained by intuition or simple inspection; as intuitive judgment or knowledge.3.
Seeing clearly; as an intuitive view; intuitive vision.4.
Having the power of discovering truth without reasoning; as the intuitive powers of celestial beings.