Definition of understanding

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Understanding (n.) Specifically, the discursive faculty; the faculty of knowing by the medium or use of general conceptions or relations. In this sense it is contrasted with, and distinguished from, the reason..

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Mess :: Mess (n.) A disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; hence, a situation resulting from blundering or from misunderstanding; as, he made a mess of it..
Misacceptation :: Misacceptation (n.) Wrong acceptation; understanding in a wrong sense.
Tenor :: Tenor (n.) That course of thought which holds on through a discourse; the general drift or course of thought; purport; intent; meaning; understanding.
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..
Headless :: Headless (a.) Destitute of understanding or prudence; foolish; rash; obstinate.
Cant :: Cant (n.) The use of religious phraseology without understanding or sincerity; empty, solemn speech, implying what is not felt; hypocrisy..
Intelligent :: Intelligent (a.) Endowed with the faculty of understanding or reason; as, man is an intelligent being..
Allegorization :: Allegorization (n.) The act of turning into allegory, or of understanding in an allegorical sense..
Antepredicament :: Antepredicament (n.) A prerequisite to a clear understanding of the predicaments and categories, such as definitions of common terms..
Discern :: Discern (v. t.) To see by the eye or by the understanding; to perceive and recognize; as, to discern a difference..
Stupid :: Stupid (a.) Very dull; insensible; senseless; wanting in understanding; heavy; sluggish; in a state of stupor; -- said of persons.
Explicative :: Explicative (a.) Serving to unfold or explain; tending to lay open to the understanding; explanatory.
Inwit :: Inwit (n.) Inward sense; mind; understanding; conscience.
Manifestation :: Manifestation (n.) The act of manifesting or disclosing, or the state of being manifested; discovery to the eye or to the understanding; also, that which manifests; exhibition; display; revelation; as, the manifestation of God's power in creation..
Wit :: Wit (v.) Mind; intellect; understanding; sense.
Misregard :: Misregard (n.) Wrong understanding; misconstruction.
Natural :: Natural (n.) One born without the usual powers of reason or understanding; an idiot.
Skill :: Skill (v. i.) To be knowing; to have understanding; to be dexterous in performance.
Wronghead :: Wronghead (n.) A person of a perverse understanding or obstinate character.
Irrational :: Irrational (a.) Not rational; void of reason or understanding; as, brutes are irrational animals..
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