understandan

understandan
sv/t6 3rd pres understendeð past understód/on ptp understanden to understand, perceive; observe, notice, take for granted; to take a stand, take position, stand still, remain standing, stop, halt; To stay, tarry, abide, remain in a place [subsistere]; To make a stand, i. e. to stand firm, hold out [subsistere]; to withstand, oppose, resist [subsistere]; In gen., to stop, halt, pause [subsistere]; to stay, continue, remain, subsist [subsistere]; To stand still permanently, i. e. to come to a stop, to cease [subsistere]; To stand, withstand, be adequate to, sustain, support a thing; To stand by, support any one [subsistere]; To withstand, make resistance [subsistere]

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  • To give one to understand — Understand Un der*stand ([u^]n d[ e]r*st[a^]nd ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Understood} (([u^]n d[ e]r*st[oo^]d ),), and Archaic {Understanded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Understanding}.] [OE. understanden, AS. understandan, literally, to stand under; cf. AS.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • To make one's self understood — Understand Un der*stand ([u^]n d[ e]r*st[a^]nd ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Understood} (([u^]n d[ e]r*st[oo^]d ),), and Archaic {Understanded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Understanding}.] [OE. understanden, AS. understandan, literally, to stand under; cf. AS.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Understand — Un der*stand ([u^]n d[ e]r*st[a^]nd ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Understood} (([u^]n d[ e]r*st[oo^]d ),), and Archaic {Understanded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Understanding}.] [OE. understanden, AS. understandan, literally, to stand under; cf. AS. forstandan… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Understanded — Understand Un der*stand ([u^]n d[ e]r*st[a^]nd ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Understood} (([u^]n d[ e]r*st[oo^]d ),), and Archaic {Understanded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Understanding}.] [OE. understanden, AS. understandan, literally, to stand under; cf. AS.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Understanding — Understand Un der*stand ([u^]n d[ e]r*st[a^]nd ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Understood} (([u^]n d[ e]r*st[oo^]d ),), and Archaic {Understanded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Understanding}.] [OE. understanden, AS. understandan, literally, to stand under; cf. AS.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Understood — Understand Un der*stand ([u^]n d[ e]r*st[a^]nd ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Understood} (([u^]n d[ e]r*st[oo^]d ),), and Archaic {Understanded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Understanding}.] [OE. understanden, AS. understandan, literally, to stand under; cf. AS.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • understand — verb (understood; standing) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English understandan, from under + standan to stand Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. to grasp the meaning of < understand Russian > b. to grasp the reasonableness of …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • stā- — To stand; with derivatives meaning “place or thing that is standing.” Oldest form *steə₂ , colored to *staə₂ , contracted to *stā . Derivatives include steed, stud2, arrest, instant, understand, static, prostitute, insist, ecstasy, and system. I …   Universalium

  • understand — un|der|stand W1S1 [ˌʌndəˈstænd US ər ] v past tense and past participle understood [ ˈstud] [not in progressive] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(meaning)¦ 2¦(fact/idea)¦ 3¦(person/feelings)¦ 4¦(believe/think)¦ 5 give somebody to understand (that) 6 be understood… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • understand — (v.) O.E. understandan comprehend, grasp the idea of, probably lit. stand in the midst of, from under + standan to stand (see STAND (Cf. stand)). If this is the meaning, the under is not the usual word meaning beneath, but from O.E. under, from… …   Etymology dictionary

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