understood

• Grotius replied, that he understood from the English Ministers themselves they did not always observe this custom; which Berlise acknowledged. —  The Life of the Truly Eminent and Learned Hugo Grotius
• At last I yielded to his entreaties, strengthened by my father's remonstrances, and some months of constantly renewed endeavors not always successful, and sometimes accompanied by weariness, discouragement, and tears—began for me, my teacher never swerving from his rule, not even when, despairing of making myself understood, I used a French word or expression. —  Philip Gilbert Hamerton
• The effects are well-understood, and no one was nominated for a Nobel prize for predicting the effects. —  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
• Lincoln surely understood, that is, that big banks are a mixed blessing: necessary to finance a modern economy (or war), but capable of driving the economy into the ditch if allowed to run amuck. —  Independent Weekly: All Recent Stories
• In favor of the traditional position, it is understood that the Hebrew word for "eunuch" can also refer to such men as the officer of Pharaoh who was married, or an officer over men of war. —  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]

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