Definition of understanding

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Understanding (n.) The power to understand; the intellectual faculty; the intelligence; the rational powers collectively conceived an designated; the higher capacities of the intellect; the power to distinguish truth from falsehood, and to adapt means to ends..

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Misintelligence :: Misintelligence (n.) Disagreement; misunderstanding.
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..
Inunderstanding :: Inunderstanding (a.) Void of 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..
Digest :: Digest (v. t.) To think over and arrange methodically in the mind; to reduce to a plan or method; to receive in the mind and consider carefully; to get an understanding of; to comprehend.
Misunderstanding :: Misunderstanding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Misunderstan.
Study :: Study (v. t.) To apply the mind to; to read and examine for the purpose of learning and understanding; as, to study law or theology; to study languages..
Rational :: Rational (a.) Having reason, or the faculty of reasoning; endowed with reason or understanding; reasoning..
Fly :: Fly (a.) Knowing; wide awake; fully understanding another's meaning.
Witted :: Witted (a.) Having (such) a wit or understanding; as, a quick-witted boy..
Sensualism :: Sensualism (n.) The doctrine that all our ideas, or the operations of the understanding, not only originate in sensation, but are transformed sensations, copies or relics of sensations; sensationalism; sensism..
Delineate :: Delineate (v. t.) To portray to the mind or understanding by words; to set forth; to describe.
Private :: Private (a.) Not publicly known; not open; secret; as, a private negotiation; a private understanding..
Mind :: Mind (v.) The intellectual or rational faculty in man; the understanding; the intellect; the power that conceives, judges, or reasons; also, the entire spiritual nature; the soul; -- often in distinction from the body..
Understanding :: Understanding (n.) The act of one who understands a thing, in any sense of the verb; knowledge; discernment; comprehension; interpretation; explanation..
Lackbrain :: Lackbrain (n.) One who is deficient in understanding; a witless person.
Antepredicament :: Antepredicament (n.) A prerequisite to a clear understanding of the predicaments and categories, such as definitions of common terms..
Amity :: Amity (n.) Friendship, in a general sense, between individuals, societies, or nations; friendly relations; good understanding; as, a treaty of amity and commerce; the amity of the Whigs and Tories..
Provided :: Provided (conj.) On condition; by stipulation; with the understanding; if; -- usually followed by that; as, provided that nothing in this act shall prejudice the rights of any person whatever..
Stupidity :: Stupidity (n.) The quality or state of being stupid; extreme dullness of perception or understanding; insensibility; sluggishness.
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