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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..

Oraculous :: Oraculous (a.) Oracular; of the nature of an oracle.

Oracled :: Oracled (imp. & p. p.) of Oracl.

Trophonian :: Trophonian (a.) Of or pertaining to Trophonius, his architecture, or his cave and oracle..

Pythian :: Pythian (a.) Of or pertaining to Delphi, to the temple of Apollo, or to the priestess of Apollo, who delivered oracles at Delphi..

Oracle :: Oracle (n.) A wise sentence or decision of great authority.

Coracle :: Coracle (n.) A boat made by covering a wicker frame with leather or oilcloth. It was used by the ancient Britons, and is still used by fisherman in Wales and some parts of Ireland. Also, a similar boat used in Thibet and in Egypt..

Oracle :: Oracle (n.) Hence: The deity who was supposed to give the answer; also, the place where it was given..

Oracle :: Oracle (n.) Any person reputed uncommonly wise; one whose decisions are regarded as of great authority; as, a literary oracle..

Delphic :: Delphic (a.) Of or relating to Delphi, or to the famous oracle of that place..

Theomancy :: Theomancy (n.) A kind of divination drawn from the responses of oracles among heathen nations.

Scriptural :: Scriptural (a.) Contained in the Scriptures; according to the Scriptures, or sacred oracles; biblical; as, a scriptural doctrine..

Oracle :: Oracle (v. i.) To utter oracles.

Oracular :: Oracular (a.) Resembling an oracle in some way, as in solemnity, wisdom, authority, obscurity, ambiguity, dogmatism..

Adytum :: Adytum (n.) The innermost sanctuary or shrine in ancient temples, whence oracles were given. Hence: A private chamber; a sanctum..

Oracle :: Oracle (n.) One who communicates a divine command; an angel; a prophet.

Oracle :: Oracle (n.) The answer of a god, or some person reputed to be a god, to an inquiry respecting some affair or future event, as the success of an enterprise or battle..

Oracle :: Oracle (n.) The communications, revelations, or messages delivered by God to the prophets; also, the entire sacred Scriptures -- usually in the plural..

Oracle :: Oracle (n.) The sanctuary, or Most Holy place in the temple; also, the temple itself..

Oracular :: Oracular (a.) Of or pertaining to an oracle; uttering oracles; forecasting the future; as, an oracular tongue..

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