INTUITIONS
Noun
intuitions
plural of intuition
Source: Wiktionary
INTUITION
In`tu*i"tion, n. Etym: [L. intuitus, p. p. of intueri to look on; in-
in, on + tueri: cf. F. intuition. See Tuition.]
1. A looking after; a regard to. [Obs.]
What, no reflection on a reward! He might have an intuition at it, as
the encouragement, though not the cause, of his pains. Fuller.
2. Direct apprehension or cognition; immediate knowledge, as in
perception or consciousness; -- distinguished from "mediate"
knowledge, as in reasoning; as, the mind knows by intuition that
black is not white, that a circle is not a square, that three are
more than two, etc.; quick or ready insight or apprehension.
Sagacity and a nameless something more, -- let us call it intuition.
Hawthorne.
3. Any object or truth discerned by direct cognition; especially, a
first or primary truth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition