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intelligibility|ɪnˌtɛlɪdʒɪˈbɪlɪtɪ|
[f. next: see -ity.]
1. The quality or character of being intelligible; capability of being understood; comprehensibility.
1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. i. v. 718 The very essence of truth here is this clear perceptibility or intelligibility. 1788H. Walpole Dram. Compos. in Walpoliana (ed. 2) I. 42 Thence a comedy always loses some of its beauties..and some of its intelligibility. 1869Huxley in Sci. Opinion 5 May 505/2 An essay of exquisite clearness and intelligibility. 1895F. Hall Two Trifles 30 Its convenience and instant intelligibility.
b. transf. An intelligible thing: = intelligible B. rare.
1610Healey St. Aug. Citie of God 317 Plato..averreth the antiquity of that opinion that affirmed the essence of intelligibilities onely. 1651Biggs New Disp. ⁋290 Phantasie obtruded in the species of Intelligibilities.
†2. Capacity of understanding; intelligence. (Cf. next 1.) Obs. rare.
a1680Glanvill (J.), The soul's nature consists in intelligibility. |