Definition of understand

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Understand (v. t.) To be apprised, or have information, of; to learn; to be informed of; to hear; as, I understand that Congress has passed the bill..

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Miscognize :: Miscognize (v. t.) To fail to apprehend; to misunderstand.
Understanding :: Understanding (a.) Knowing; intelligent; skillful; as, he is an understanding man..
Tenor :: Tenor (n.) That course of thought which holds on through a discourse; the general drift or course of thought; purport; intent; meaning; understanding.
Keen :: Keen (superl.) Acute of mind; sharp; penetrating; having or expressing mental acuteness; as, a man of keen understanding; a keen look; keen features..
Intricate :: Intricate (a.) Entangled; involved; perplexed; complicated; difficult to understand, follow, arrange, or adjust; as, intricate machinery, labyrinths, accounts, plots, etc..
Blindly :: Blindly (adv.) Without sight, discernment, or understanding; without thought, investigation, knowledge, or purpose of one's own..
Lackbrain :: Lackbrain (n.) One who is deficient in understanding; a witless person.
Understand :: Understand (v. i.) To be informed; to have or receive knowledge.
Intellectual :: Intellectual (n.) The intellect or understanding; mental powers or faculties.
Mystical :: Mystical (a.) Remote from or beyond human comprehension; baffling human understanding; unknowable; obscure; mysterious.
Acuteness :: Acuteness (n.) The faculty of nice discernment or perception; acumen; keenness; sharpness; sensitiveness; -- applied to the senses, or the understanding. By acuteness of feeling, we perceive small objects or slight impressions: by acuteness of intellect, we discern nice distinctions..
Brain :: Brain (v. t.) To conceive; to understand.
Premise :: Premise (n.) To set forth beforehand, or as introductory to the main subject; to offer previously, as something to explain or aid in understanding what follows; especially, to lay down premises or first propositions, on which rest the subsequent reasonings..
Brainless :: Brainless (a.) Without understanding; silly; thoughtless; witless.
Silly :: Silly (n.) Proceeding from want of understanding or common judgment; characterized by weakness or folly; unwise; absurd; stupid; as, silly conduct; a silly question..
Sensible :: Sensible (a.) Capable of being perceived by the senses; apprehensible through the bodily organs; hence, also, perceptible to the mind; making an impression upon the sense, reason, or understanding; ////// heat; sensible resistance..
Explanation :: Explanation (n.) A mutual exposition of terms, meaning, or motives, with a view to adjust a misunderstanding, and reconcile differences; reconciliation; agreement; as, to come to an explanation..
Penetrate :: Penetrate (v. t.) To pierce into by the mind; to arrive at the inner contents or meaning of, as of a mysterious or difficult subject; to comprehend; to understand..
Con :: Con (v. t.) To know; to understand; to acknowledge.
Understand :: 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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