Definition of "intuit" [intuit]

• Usage Problem To know intuitively. (verb-transitive)

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• "Austen seems to intuit, that is, that national consciousness depends on the same powers of divinationof telepathy (feeling across a distance) that are at the root of Emma's blunders, the same that are in demand during the parlor games that so often engage her particular social set."
• "I then called intuit only to find out that their system was updating and messed up my efile."
• "Gathered data is oftentimes counter-intuitive and in so many instances, the janitor may actually be able to "intuit" more accurately how to successfully launch a product than a marketing department."