transitive. To be conversant with; to be versed or skilled in; = know, v. 10a.

transitive. To know, recognize; to come to know, understand.

transitive. To understand, comprehend; to recognize, perceive. Chiefly with that-clause as object.

transitive. To take hold of, grasp, seize (esp. with the hand or claws); to clasp, embrace (with the arms); to grasp with the mind, to…

transitive. To take into the mind (or sense). To understand, comprehend, perceive; to feel. Also const. that.

To have comprehension or understanding (in general or in a particular matter).

To learn or know the character of; to understand the meaning of.

transitive. To find out, discover.

transitive. To be or have become conversant with (a body of facts, principles, a method of action, etc.), esp. through instruction, study, or…

To perceive or apprehend with the mind; to understand or come to understand (the truth, the answer to a… transitive. With clause as object: to…

intransitive. To interpret, understand. rare.

transitive. To grasp mentally; to apprehend, comprehend, understand. Now only with reference to the meaning of words. Cf. to take in 8b at phrasal…

transitive. To perceive, understand.

To comprehend; to conceive.

To understand. Obsolete.

To know (a thing); to have knowledge of or about (a thing, place, person, etc.), to be acquainted with; †to understand. Now chiefly Scottish.

figurative. To lay hold of; to apprehend; to comprehend. Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To grasp with the mind, conceive fully or adequately, understand, ‘take in’. (Apparently the earliest sense in English.)

= comprehend, v.

To observe, perceive (a fact); with clause as object. Obsolete.

transitive. To take in fully or adequately with the mind; to grasp the meaning of, comprehend, understand. Obsolete.

transitive. To understand to mean; to interpret as. Obsolete.

transitive. To perceive (something) with the senses; to hear, see, taste, or smell; (sometimes) spec. to succeed with effort in hearing (something).

To comprehend with the mind or (in early use) the heart; to understand, apprehend, realize. transitive. With clause as object.

transitive. To have understanding of (something); to understand or apprehend that something is; also, in early use, to understand (a person). Obsolete…

transitive. To learn; to comprehend, understand. Scottish in later use. Obsolete.

transitive. To understand or apprehend (a matter, a word, etc.); = intend, v. IV., Middle English entende, French entendre. Obsolete.

transitive. To possess as an intellectual attainment; to know, be versed in (a subject or esp. a language); to have memorized (a text). Also: †to…

transitive. To apprehend, understand (something).

To ‘take in’ (mentally), perceive, comprehend, conceive. Obsolete.

To understand, comprehend. Now dialect.

figurative. To digest mentally.

To seize; to lay hold of with the mind.

To grasp with the mind, comprehend fully.

transitive. To understand.

figurative. To take in, ‘inwardly digest’. Obsolete.

To understand; to fathom. Obsolete.

transitive. To take, or try to take, in one's grasp; to embrace, grasp, seize. Also figurative.

transitive. To take in mentally, comprehend. Obsolete.

transitive. To measure with a fathom-line; to ascertain the depth of (water); to sound.

transitive. To smell out; to detect, to perceive. Obsolete.

transitive. To take into the mind; to apprehend mentally; to understand; to learn. Also intransitive.

transitive. To comprehend, understand, grasp (a person's words, meaning, etc.). Also with the person as object. Frequently Scottish in later use.

To lay hold of with the intellect. to catch the meaning or idea of; to understand.

transitive. To assimilate into one's own knowledge; to comprehend, understand, grasp.

To lay hold of with the mind; to become completely cognizant of or acquainted with; to comprehend.

transitive. To understand.

= understand, v.

transitive. To know or understand (something). Frequently with clause as object.

transitive and intransitive. To understand. Now used (esp. in Caribbean and African-American usage) to avoid the negative connotations of under…

Scottish (and northern dialect). To take into the mind; to comprehend, understand.

transitive. To understand. Also with up.

figurative. To understand, comprehend.

To understand.

transitive. To take in to one's consciousness; to assimilate (external events or information) into one's own experience or knowledge. Also…

transitive. Originally U.S. To understand, know, grasp. Now rare.

To understand.

In various figurative uses. To grasp with the mind or perceptive faculties; to apprehend.

transitive. To take into the intellect or understanding. Cf. intelligible, adj. 2.

slang (originally U.S.). (a) To understand, appreciate, like, admire; (b) to look at or listen to; to experience. Cf. sense 1c.

transitive. To receive and understand the words of (a person) by radio (occasionally, by telephone). In extended use: to understand the words or…