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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Allegorization :: Allegorization (n.) The act of turning into allegory, or of understanding in an allegorical sense..
Mistake :: Mistake (n.) An apprehending wrongly; a misconception; a misunderstanding; a fault in opinion or judgment; an unintentional error of conduct.
Witless :: Witless (a.) Destitute of wit or understanding; wanting thought; hence, indiscreet; not under the guidance of judgment..
Understand :: Understand (v. i.) To have the use of the intellectual faculties; to be an intelligent being.
Stupefy :: Stupefy (v. t.) To make stupid; to make dull; to blunt the faculty of perception or understanding in; to deprive of sensibility; to make torpid.
Sound :: Sound (superl.) Healthy; not diseased; not being in a morbid state; -- said of body or mind; as, a sound body; a sound constitution; a sound understanding..
Unwit :: Unwit (n.) Want of wit or understanding; ignorance.
Understand :: Understand (v. t.) To recognize or hold as being or signifying; to suppose to mean; to interpret; to explain.
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..
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.
Follow :: Follow (v. t.) To watch, as a receding object; to keep the eyes fixed upon while in motion; to keep the mind upon while in progress, as a speech, musical performance, etc.; also, to keep up with; to understand the meaning, connection, or force of, as of a course of thought or argument..
Perspicuous :: Perspicuous (a.) Clear to the understanding; capable of being clearly understood; clear in thought or in expression; not obscure or ambiguous; as, a perspicuous writer; perspicuous statements..
Antepredicament :: Antepredicament (n.) A prerequisite to a clear understanding of the predicaments and categories, such as definitions of common terms..
Headless :: Headless (a.) Destitute of understanding or prudence; foolish; rash; obstinate.
Indefinitude :: Indefinitude (n.) Indefiniteness; vagueness; also, number or quantity not limited by our understanding, though yet finite..
Miscognize :: Miscognize (v. t.) To fail to apprehend; to misunderstand.
Understanding :: Understanding (a.) Knowing; intelligent; skillful; as, he is an understanding man..
Irrational :: Irrational (a.) Not rational; void of reason or understanding; as, brutes are irrational animals..
Wrongheaded :: Wrongheaded (a.) Wrong in opinion or principle; having a perverse understanding; perverse.
Understand :: Understand (v. i.) To be informed; to have or receive knowledge.
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