† ingenyn.
Obsolete.† 3. An invention; a clever contrivance. Obsolete. rare.
1.
a. Mind, intellect, mental faculties; mental tendency, disposition.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > [noun]
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the mind > mental capacity > intellect > [noun]
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the mind > mental capacity > disposition or character > [noun]
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where it's (he's, she's) at1967
1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 96 Thou art..the right oustyll that pollisshith and enlumyneth vs & our rude ingenyes.
1583 in Sir J. Melvil Mem. (1735) 290 Subtil, secret, and sharp of ingeny.
1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse 42 A fat belly hath a leane ingenie.
1659 T. Pecke Parnassi Puerperium 2 Not Hope, but real Worth doth magnifie The happy Torrent of the Ingenie.
1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses I. 483 A person of great erudition..and of a most polite ingenie.
1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) V. 230 In which your Ingeny finds Delectation.
b. Distinctive character, nature, or ‘spirit’ (of a thing): = genius n. 6b – 6d.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > essence or intrinsic nature > [noun]
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essencya1475
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whatness1611
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propera1626
the whole shot1628
substantiala1631
esse1642
entity1643
virtuality1646
ingeny1647
quoddity1647
intimacy1648
ens1649
inbeing1661
essence1667
interiority1701
intrinsic1716
stamen1758
character1761
quidditas1782
hyparxis1792
rasa1800
bone1829
what1861
isness1865
inscape1868
as-suchness1909
Wesen1959
1647 J. Sprigge Anglia Rediviva iv. vii. 274 How Oxford a place of Books and Colleges, could have been reduced into its Gowne and Peace, but by a motion..as little destructive, and as suitable to the ingeny of such a place of Arts.
1662 J. Sparrow tr. J. Boehme Complexions in Remainder Bks. 2 The property and Ingeny or Inclination of the Constellations.
2. Intellectual capacity, mental ability; genius, talent, cleverness, ingenuity.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > [noun]
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anyitOE
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cunningnessa1400
sentencec1400
intelligence?1435
speculation1471
ingeny1474
cunningheadc1475
capacity1485
pregnancyc1487
dexterity1527
pregnance?1533
shift1542
wittiness1543
ingeniousness1555
conceitedness1576
pate1598
conceit1604
ingeniosity1607
dexterousness1622
talent1622
ingenuousness1628
solertiousnessa1649
ingenuity1651
partedness1654
brightness1655
solerty1656
prettiness1674
long head1694
long lega1705
cleverness1755
smartness1800
cleverality1828
brain power1832
knowledgeability1834
braininess1876
cerebrality1901
the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > high intelligence, genius > [noun]
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ingeny1474
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genius1749
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brilliance1807
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superintelligence1876
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1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) ii. ii. 28 The senatours..comended gretly ye Ingenye & wytte of the child.
1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. K4 Miserere mei! what an ingeny is heere?
1606 N. Baxter Sir Philip Sydneys Ouránia sig. Nij Renowned Poets, of highest Ingenie, Shall decke thy tombe with ever~lasting fame.
1697 tr. F. Burgersdijck Monitio Logica ii. xix. 92 The scholar may have more ingeny and industry than his master.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > available means or a resource > a device, contrivance, or expedient
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craftOE
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quaintisec1300
contrevurec1330
castc1340
knackc1369
findinga1382
wilea1400
conject14..
skiftc1400
policy?1406
subtilityc1410
policec1450
conjecturea1464
industry1477
invention1516
cunning1526
shift1530
compass1540
chevisance1548
trade1550
tour1558
fashion1562
invent?1567
expediment1571
trick1573
ingeny1588
machine1595
lock1598
contrival1602
contrivement1611
artifice1620
recipea1643
ingenuity1651
expedient1653
contrivance1661
excogitation1664
mechanism1669
expediency1683
stroke1699
spell1728
management1736
manoeuvre1769
move1794
wrinkle1817
dodge1842
jigamaree1847
quiff1881
kink1889
lurk1916
gadget1920
fastie1931
ploy1940
1588 R. Parke tr. J. G. de Mendoza Hist. Kingdome of China 101 The admirable inuention and the subtill ingenie of printing.
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