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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Cant :: Cant (n.) The use of religious phraseology without understanding or sincerity; empty, solemn speech, implying what is not felt; hypocrisy..
Doter :: Doter (n.) One who dotes; a man whose understanding is enfeebled by age; a dotard.
Sense :: Sense (v. t.) Perception through the intellect; apprehension; recognition; understanding; discernment; appreciation.
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..
Intelligence :: Intelligence (n.) The act or state of knowing; the exercise of the understanding.
Intelligential :: Intelligential (a.) Of or pertaining to the intelligence; exercising or implying understanding; intellectual.
Clear-headed :: Clear-headed (a.) Having a clear understanding; quick of perception; intelligent.
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..
Stupid :: Stupid (a.) Very dull; insensible; senseless; wanting in understanding; heavy; sluggish; in a state of stupor; -- said of persons.
Blunt :: Blunt (a.) Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; stupid; -- opposed to acute.
Unwit :: Unwit (n.) Want of wit or understanding; ignorance.
Intellectual :: Intellectual (a.) Relating to the understanding; treating of the mind; as, intellectual philosophy, sometimes called mental philosophy..
Cognizance :: Cognizance (n.) Apprehension by the understanding; perception; observation.
Clear :: Clear (v. t.) To render more quick or acute, as the understanding; to make perspicacious..
Headless :: Headless (a.) Destitute of understanding or prudence; foolish; rash; obstinate.
Level :: Level (a.) Well balanced; even; just; steady; impartial; as, a level head; a level understanding. [Colloq.].
Dim :: Dim (v. t.) To deprive of distinct vision; to hinder from seeing clearly, either by dazzling or clouding the eyes; to darken the senses or understanding of..
Witted :: Witted (a.) Having (such) a wit or understanding; as, a quick-witted boy..
Irrational :: Irrational (a.) Not rational; void of reason or understanding; as, brutes are irrational animals..
Explainable :: Explainable (a.) Capable of being explained or made plain to the understanding; capable of being interpreted.
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