Definition of understanding

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Understanding (a.) Knowing; intelligent; skillful; as, he is an understanding man..

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Incomprehensive :: Incomprehensive (a.) Not comprehensive; not capable of including or of understanding; not extensive; limited.
Understanding :: Understanding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Understan.
Allegorization :: Allegorization (n.) The act of turning into allegory, or of understanding in an allegorical sense..
Learn :: Learn (v. t.) To gain knowledge or information of; to ascertain by inquiry, study, or investigation; to receive instruction concerning; to fix in the mind; to acquire understanding of, or skill; as, to learn the way; to learn a lesson; to learn dancing; to learn to skate; to learn the violin; to learn the truth about something..
Misguide :: Misguide (v. t.) To guide wrongly; to lead astray; as, to misguide the understanding..
Intendiment :: Intendiment (n.) Attention; consideration; knowledge; understanding.
Cant :: Cant (n.) The use of religious phraseology without understanding or sincerity; empty, solemn speech, implying what is not felt; hypocrisy..
Babble :: Babble (v. i.) To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat, as words, in a childish way without understanding..
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.
Witted :: Witted (a.) Having (such) a wit or understanding; as, a quick-witted boy..
Dull :: Dull (superl.) Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish.
Blockhead :: Blockhead (n.) A stupid fellow; a dolt; a person deficient in understanding.
Intellect :: Intellect (n.) The part or faculty of the human soul by which it knows, as distinguished from the power to feel and to will; sometimes, the capacity for higher forms of knowledge, as distinguished from the power to perceive objects in their relations; the power to judge and comprehend; the thinking faculty; the understanding..
Dark :: Dark (a.) Not clear to the understanding; not easily seen through; obscure; mysterious; hidden.
Discern :: Discern (v. t.) To see by the eye or by the understanding; to perceive and recognize; as, to discern a difference..
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..
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..
Acuteness :: Acuteness (n.) The faculty of nice discernment or perception; acumen; keenness; sharpness; sensitiveness; -- applied to the senses, or the understanding. By acuteness of feeling, we perceive small objects or slight impressions: by acuteness of intellect, we discern nice distinctions..
Wide :: Wide (superl.) Of large scope; comprehensive; liberal; broad; as, wide views; a wide understanding..
Amentia :: Amentia (n.) Imbecility; total want of understanding.
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