Definition of understand

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Understand (v. t.) To recognize or hold as being or signifying; to suppose to mean; to interpret; to explain.

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Praecognita :: Praecognita (n. pl.) This previously known, or which should be known in order to understand something else..
Nous :: Nous (n.) Intellect; understanding; talent; -- used humorously.
Ken :: Ken (n. t.) To know; to understand; to take cognizance of.
Inwit :: Inwit (n.) Inward sense; mind; understanding; conscience.
Fool :: Fool (n.) One destitute of reason, or of the common powers of understanding; an idiot; a natural..
Allegorization :: Allegorization (n.) The act of turning into allegory, or of understanding in an allegorical sense..
Know :: Know (v. i.) To perceive or apprehend clearly and certainly; to understand; to have full information of; as, to know one's duty..
Discernible :: Discernible (a.) Capable of being discerned by the eye or the understanding; as, a star is discernible by the eye; the identity of difference of ideas is discernible by the understanding..
Understander :: Understander (n.) One who understands, or knows by experience..
Babble :: Babble (v. i.) To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat, as words, in a childish way without understanding..
Blockhead :: Blockhead (n.) A stupid fellow; a dolt; a person deficient in understanding.
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..
Misguide :: Misguide (v. t.) To guide wrongly; to lead astray; as, to misguide the understanding..
Incomprehension :: Incomprehension (n.) Want of comprehension or understanding.
Blind :: Blind (n.) Something to mislead the eye or the understanding, or to conceal some covert deed or design; a subterfuge..
Apprehension :: Apprehension (n.) The faculty by which ideas are conceived; understanding; as, a man of dull apprehension..
Lackbrain :: Lackbrain (n.) One who is deficient in understanding; a witless person.
Intellective :: Intellective (a.) Capable of being perceived by the understanding only, not by the senses..
Witling :: Witling (n.) A person who has little wit or understanding; a pretender to wit or smartness.
Level :: Level (a.) Well balanced; even; just; steady; impartial; as, a level head; a level understanding. [Colloq.].
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