Definition of understand

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Understand (v. i.) To be informed; to have or receive knowledge.

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Misunderstanding :: Misunderstanding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Misunderstan.
Mystify :: Mystify (v. t.) To involve in mystery; to make obscure or difficult to understand; as, to mystify a passage of Scripture..
Glassite :: Glassite (n.) A member of a Scottish sect, founded in the 18th century by John Glass, a minister of the Established Church of Scotland, who taught that justifying faith is no more than a simple assent to the divine testimone passively recived by the understanding. The English and American adherents of this faith are called Sandemanians, after Robert Sandeman, the son-in-law and disciple of Glass..
Subaxillary :: Subaudition (n.) The act of understanding, or supplying, something not expressed; also, that which is so understood or supplied..
Brainsick :: Brainsick (a.) Disordered in the understanding; giddy; thoughtless.
Miscomprehend :: Miscomprehend (v. t.) To get a wrong idea of or about; to misunderstand.
Mistake :: Mistake (v. t.) To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand misapprehend, or misconceive; as, to mistake a remark; to mistake one's meaning..
Universalist :: Universalist (n.) One who affects to understand all the particulars in statements or propositions.
Attend :: Attend (v. i.) To apply the mind, or pay attention, with a view to perceive, understand, or comply; to pay regard; to heed; to listen; -- usually followed by to..
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..
Wronghead :: Wronghead (n.) A person of a perverse understanding or obstinate character.
Have :: Have (v. t.) To understand.
Provided :: Provided (conj.) On condition; by stipulation; with the understanding; if; -- usually followed by that; as, provided that nothing in this act shall prejudice the rights of any person whatever..
Intellection :: Intellection (n.) A mental act or process; especially: (a) The act of understanding; simple apprehension of ideas; intuition. Bentley. (b) A creation of the mind itself.
Comprehend :: Comprehend (v. t.) To take into the mind; to grasp with the understanding; to apprehend the meaning of; to understand.
Wrongheaded :: Wrongheaded (a.) Wrong in opinion or principle; having a perverse understanding; perverse.
Intelligential :: Intelligential (a.) Of or pertaining to the intelligence; exercising or implying understanding; intellectual.
Mystical :: Mystical (a.) Remote from or beyond human comprehension; baffling human understanding; unknowable; obscure; mysterious.
Headless :: Headless (a.) Destitute of understanding or prudence; foolish; rash; obstinate.
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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