understander (understander)

[ stand +-er1.] One who understands or knows. He [the critic of Homer) should rather (with his much better understander Spondanus) submit where he oversees him faulty. IMG:content-1326.png:[merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small] 2. The knowing power, in general; intelligence; wit. The old psychologists divided the faculties of the mind into understanding, or cognitive power, and will. Vnderstondynge, yn wytte. In tell i gen cia, intellect us. Prompt. Parv., p. 511. The spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of the Lord. of understanding. ne e; understanding + -ne .] The faculty understate (un-der-stāt'), v. I. trans. To state or represent le strongly than the truth will admit; state too low: as, to understate an evil. Rather understated for so high an honour. Fuller, Worthies, Bedford shire. II. in trans. To say le than the full truth.