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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Blind :: Blind (a.) Not having the faculty of discernment; destitute of intellectual light; unable or unwilling to understand or judge; as, authors are blind to their own defects..
Reach :: Reach (v. t.) To understand; to comprehend.
Have :: Have (v. t.) To understand.
Skill :: Skill (v. t.) To know; to understand.
Nous :: Nous (n.) Intellect; understanding; talent; -- used humorously.
Discern :: Discern (v. i.) To see or understand the difference; to make distinction; as, to discern between good and evil, truth and falsehood..
Inunderstanding :: Inunderstanding (a.) Void of understanding.
Skill :: Skill (n.) Knowledge; understanding.
Give :: Give (n.) To cause; to make; -- with the infinitive; as, to give one to understand, to know, etc..
Comprehension :: Comprehension (n.) The capacity of the mind to perceive and understand; the power, act, or process of grasping with the intellect; perception; understanding; as, a comprehension of abstract principles..
Understand :: Understand (v. t.) To recognize or hold as being or signifying; to suppose to mean; to interpret; to explain.
Misattend :: Misattend (v. t.) To misunderstand; to disregard.
Understand :: Understand (v. i.) To be informed; to have or receive knowledge.
Imbroglio :: Imbroglio (n.) A complicated and embarrassing state of things; a serious misunderstanding.
Miscomprehend :: Miscomprehend (v. t.) To get a wrong idea of or about; to misunderstand.
Doter :: Doter (n.) One who dotes; a man whose understanding is enfeebled by age; a dotard.
Construe :: Construe (v. t. ) To put a construction upon; to explain the sense or intention of; to interpret; to understand.
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.
Explicative :: Explicative (a.) Serving to unfold or explain; tending to lay open to the understanding; explanatory.
Difficulty :: Difficulty (n.) Something difficult; a thing hard to do or to understand; that which occasions labor or perplexity, and requires skill and perseverance to overcome, solve, or achieve; a hard enterprise; an obstacle; an impediment; as, the difficulties of a science; difficulties in theology..
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