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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Level :: Level (a.) Well balanced; even; just; steady; impartial; as, a level head; a level understanding. [Colloq.].
Harmonist :: Harmonist (n.) One who understands the principles of harmony or is skillful in applying them in composition; a musical composer.
Wit :: Wit (v.) Mind; intellect; understanding; sense.
Digest :: Digest (v. t.) To think over and arrange methodically in the mind; to reduce to a plan or method; to receive in the mind and consider carefully; to get an understanding of; to comprehend.
Dull :: Dull (superl.) Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish.
Dark :: Dark (a.) Not clear to the understanding; not easily seen through; obscure; mysterious; hidden.
Blunt :: Blunt (a.) Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; stupid; -- opposed to acute.
Con :: Con (v. t.) To know; to understand; to acknowledge.
Misattend :: Misattend (v. t.) To misunderstand; to disregard.
Underget :: Underget (v. t.) To get under or beneath; also, to understand..
Simple :: Simple (a.) Weak in intellect; not wise or sagacious; of but moderate understanding or attainments; hence, foolish; silly..
Explicative :: Explicative (a.) Serving to unfold or explain; tending to lay open to the understanding; explanatory.
Wrongheaded :: Wrongheaded (a.) Wrong in opinion or principle; having a perverse understanding; perverse.
Witless :: Witless (a.) Destitute of wit or understanding; wanting thought; hence, indiscreet; not under the guidance of judgment..
Construe :: Construe (v. t. ) To put a construction upon; to explain the sense or intention of; to interpret; to understand.
Misinterpret :: Misinterpret (v. t.) To interpret erroneously; to understand or to explain in a wrong sense.
Understanded :: Understanded () of Understan.
Doter :: Doter (n.) One who dotes; a man whose understanding is enfeebled by age; a dotard.
Apprehension :: Apprehension (n.) The faculty by which ideas are conceived; understanding; as, a man of dull apprehension..
Clear-headed :: Clear-headed (a.) Having a clear understanding; quick of perception; intelligent.
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