Definition of understand

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Understand (v. t.) To have just and adequate ideas of; to apprehended the meaning or intention of; to have knowledge of; to comprehend; to know; as, to understand a problem in Euclid; to understand a proposition or a declaration; the court understands the advocate or his argument; to understand the sacred oracles; to understand a nod or a wink..

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Sailor :: Sailor (n.) One who follows the business of navigating ships or other vessels; one who understands the practical management of ships; one of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common seaman.
Head :: Head (n.) The seat of the intellect; the brain; the understanding; the mental faculties; as, a good head, that is, a good mind; it never entered his head, it did not occur to him; of his own head, of his own thought or will..
Intellective :: Intellective (a.) Having power to understand, know, or comprehend; intelligent; rational..
Understanding :: Understanding (n.) The power to understand; the intellectual faculty; the intelligence; the rational powers collectively conceived an designated; the higher capacities of the intellect; the power to distinguish truth from falsehood, and to adapt means to ends..
Twig :: Twig (v. t.) To understand the meaning of; to comprehend; as, do you twig me?.
Dough-baked :: Dough-baked (a.) Imperfectly baked; hence, not brought to perfection; unfinished; also, of weak or dull understanding..
Profession :: Profession (v.) That of which one professed knowledge; the occupation, if not mechanical, agricultural, or the like, to which one devotes one's self; the business which one professes to understand, and to follow for subsistence; calling; vocation; employment; as, the profession of arms; the profession of a clergyman, lawyer, or physician; the profession of lecturer on chemistry..
Misunderstanding :: Misunderstanding (n.) Mistake of the meaning; error; misconception.
Witling :: Witling (n.) A person who has little wit or understanding; a pretender to wit or smartness.
Foolish :: Foolish (a.) Marked with, or exhibiting, folly; void of understanding; weak in intellect; without judgment or discretion; silly; unwise..
Intendment :: Intendment (n.) The true meaning, understanding, or intention of a law, or of any legal instrument..
Blockhead :: Blockhead (n.) A stupid fellow; a dolt; a person deficient in understanding.
See :: See (v. t.) To perceive by mental vision; to form an idea or conception of; to note with the mind; to observe; to discern; to distinguish; to understand; to comprehend; to ascertain.
Madly :: Madly (a.) In a mad manner; without reason or understanding; wildly.
Universalist :: Universalist (n.) One who affects to understand all the particulars in statements or propositions.
Reach :: Reach (v. t.) To understand; to comprehend.
Keen :: Keen (superl.) Acute of mind; sharp; penetrating; having or expressing mental acuteness; as, a man of keen understanding; a keen look; keen features..
Misunderstander :: Misunderstander (n.) One who misunderstands.
Noemics :: Noemics (n.) The science of the understanding; intellectual science.
Insense :: Insense (v. t.) To make to understand; to instruct.
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