The acquisition of, or fact of having acquired, knowledge or understanding; comprehension; †expertise, skill, command (obsolete).

Mental apprehension or perception; mental acceptance or reception; consideration. Obsolete.

The action of apprehend, v.; apprehension, n., esp. in senses 3 7a 12.

Chiefly Scottish. Mental perception or apprehension; understanding, comprehension; knowledge. Obsolete.

The faculty for conceiving, apprehending, or understanding something; mental capacity. Obsolete.

Perception, understanding.

The action or fact of comprehending with the mind; understanding.

The action or process of understanding; the activity or exercise of the intellect; spec. apprehension, as distinct from imagination.

The action of receiving mentally; comprehension.

Scottish. A receiving into or grasping with the mind; comprehension, conception, understanding.

= perceivance, n.

The action of comprehend, v.

The action or fact of identifying a thing as having a certain character, or as belonging to a certain category; an instance of this. Cf. recognize…

The action of grasping with the mind; mental apprehension. rare.

= prehension, n. 3.

figurative with allusion to radio reception, implying (esp. mutual) understanding; esp. in to be on the same wavelength (as someone else), to…