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Webster 1913 Edition
Understand
Unˊder-stand′
(ŭnˊdẽr-stănd′)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Understood
(ŭnˊdẽr-stoŏd′)
, and Archaic
Understanded
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Understanding
.] 1.
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. Speaketh [i. e., speak thou] so plain at this time, I you pray,
That we may
That we may
understande
what ye say. Chaucer.
I
understand
not what you mean by this. Shakespeare
Understood
not all was but a show. Milton.
A tongue not
understanded
of the people. Bk. of Com. Prayer.
2.
To be apprised, or have information, of; to learn; to be informed of; to hear;
as, I
. understand
that Congress has passed the bill3.
To recognize or hold as being or signifying; to suppose to mean; to interpret; to explain.
The most learned interpreters
understood
the words of sin, and not of Abel. Locke.
4.
To mean without expressing; to imply tacitly; to take for granted; to assume.
War, then, war,
Open or
Open or
understood
, must be resolved. Milton.
5.
To stand under; to support.
[Jocose & R.]
Shak.
To give one to understand
, to cause one to know.
– To make one’s self understood
, to make one's meaning clear.
Unˊder-stand′
,Verb.
I.
1.
To have the use of the intellectual faculties; to be an intelligent being.
Imparadised in you, in whom alone
I
I
understand
, and grow, and see. Donne.
2.
To be informed; to have or receive knowledge.
I came to Jerusalem, and
understood
of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah. Neh. xiii. 7.
Webster 1828 Edition
Understand
UNDERSTAND'
,Verb.
T.
1.
To have just and adequate ideas of; to comprehend; to know; as, to understand a problem in Euclid; to understand a proposition or a declaration.2.
To have the same ideas as the person who speaks, or the ideas which a person intends to communicate. I understood the preacher; the court perfectly understand the advocate or his argument.3.
To receive or have the ideas expressed or intended to be conveyed in a writing or book; to know the meaning. It is important that we should understand the sacred oracles.4.
To know the meaning or signs, or of anything intended to convey ideas; as, to understand a nod, a wink, or a motion.5.
To suppose to mean.The most learned interpreters understood the words of sin, and not of Abel.
6.
To know by experience.7.
To know by instinct.-Amorous intent, well understood.
8.
To interpret, at least mentally.9.
To know another's meaning.10.
To hold in opinion with conviction.11.
To mean without expressing.War then, war, open or understood must be resolv'd.
12.
To know what is not expressed.I bring them to receive from thee their names, and pay thee fealty with low subjection; understand the same of fish.
13.
To learn; to be informed. I understand that congress have passed the bill.UNDERSTAND'
, v.i.1.
To have the use of the intellectual faculties; to be an intelligent and conscious being.All my soul be imparadis'd in you, in whom alone I understand, and grow, and see.
2.
To be informed by another; to learn.I understood of the evil that Eliashib did. Neh. 13.