In/tu-ï'tion, n.
(ĭn/tū-ĭsh′un), n. [Lat. intueri, intuitus, to look on, from prefix in and tueri, to look; Fr. intuition, Sp. intuicion, It. intuizione.]
Sense 1. A looking after; a regard to; an aim. [Obs.]
What, no reflection on a reward! He might have had an intuition at it, as the encouragement, though not the cause, of his pains. Fuller.
Sense 2. A distinct inspection of the mind; direct apprehension or cognition; an act of immediate knowledge, as in perception or consciousness; distinguished from “mediate” knowledge, as in reasoning.
Sense 3. Any object or truth discerned by direct cognition; especially, a first or primary truth; a truth that can not be acquired by, but is assumed in, experience.