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 Intag’lio (Italian).Intendance Militaire. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Intellect.
 
The power of reading mentally; hence the power of understanding and quickly grasping what requires intelligence and thought. (Latin, intus lego, I read within me.)   1
 


 Intag’lio (Italian).Intendance Militaire. 

 
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