Intelligence /(?)/

In·tel·li·gence

Intelligence

n.
  1. The act or state of knowing; the exercise of the understanding.
  2. The capacity to know or understand; readiness of comprehension; the intellect, as a gift or an endowment.
    And dimmed with darkness their intelligence.
  3. Information communicated; news; notice; advice.
    Intelligence is given where you are hid.
  4. Acquaintance; intercourse; familiarity. [Obs.]
    He lived rather in a fair intelligence than any friendship with the favorites.
  5. Knowledge imparted or acquired, whether by study, research, or experience; general information. (Mil.)
    I write as he that none intelligence Of meters hath, ne flowers of sentence.
    — Court of Love.
  6. An intelligent being or spirit; -- generally applied to pure spirits; as, a created intelligence.
    The great Intelligences fair That range above our mortal state, In circle round the blessed gate, Received and gave him welcome there.
  7. The division within a military organization that gathers and evaluates information about an enemy. (Mil.)

Phrases & Compounds
Intelligence office
an office where information may be obtained, particularly respecting servants to be hired.