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OBJECT
BEFORE
CLAIM.
THE PRIMARY OBJECT WAS NOT CHECKED.
A lexicographic first-use report, not a directly inspected historical object or proof of first speech.
Present-Day Englishcirca 1540established
intelligent
Merriam-Webster source-reported English record
“Intelligent in the mental-capacity sense.”
- WITNESS TYPE
- Lexicographic first-use report
- YEAR
- 1540
- LOCATOR
- First Known Use
- REPOSITORY
- Not recorded
- SHELFMARK / OBJECT ID
- Not recorded
- FACSIMILE
- Not linked
- DIRECT INSPECTION
- No
- CONFIDENCE
- established
WORD DOSSIERintelligent ↗
CANONICAL FORM NODENODE 436 ↗
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC PROVENANCE
THE SOURCE BEHIND THE CLAIM
- TITLE
- Intelligent — Word History
- AUTHOR
- Merriam-Webster Editors
- YEAR
- 2026
- PUBLISHER
- Merriam-Webster
- SOURCE TYPE
- historical dictionary
- CITATION KEY
- mw-intelligent