intuit

[ in-too-it, -tyoo-; in-too-it, -tyoo- ]

/ ɪnˈtu ɪt, -ˈtyu-; ˈɪn tu ɪt, -tyu- /

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verb (used with or without object)

to know or receive by intuition.

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Origin of intuit

First recorded in 1770–80; back formation from intuition

OTHER WORDS FROM intuit

in·tu·it·a·ble, adjectiveun·in·tu·it·a·ble, adjective

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How to use intuit in a sentence

The Liebeck jury intuited that the only way to punish this logic of bigness was to partake of it.
Supersize Me, Your Honor: Liebeck v. McDonald’s and Our Era of Ambition|James Poulos|October 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST
To the day he passed away, Justin knew and intuited more about politics than anyone I knew.
My Friend Justin Feldman|Martin London|September 28, 2011|DAILY BEAST
It is directly beheld (intuited) by reason, but in order to be of use it has to be reflected on, and this by means of language.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1|Various
These are certainly something, as forms of intuition, but are not themselves objects which are intuited (ens imaginarium).
The Critique of Pure Reason|Immanuel Kant

For such an object must be capable of being presented and intuited in a Possible experience.
The Critique of Pure Reason|Immanuel Kant
The non-sensuous cause of these representations is completely unknown to us and hence cannot be intuited as an object.
The Critique of Pure Reason|Immanuel Kant
Space is given as containing coexisting parts, and can be intuited as such without successive synthesis of its parts.
A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason'|Norman Kemp Smith

British Dictionary definitions for intuit

intuit

/ (ɪnˈtjuːɪt) /

verb

to know or discover by intuition

Derived forms of intuit

intuitable, adjective

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Origin of intuit

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