knowledge, understanding, or cognizance; mental perception

an idea beyond one's ken.

range of sight or vision.

Chiefly Scot.

to know, have knowledge of or about, or be acquainted with (a person or thing).

to understand or perceive (an idea or situation).

Scots Law . to acknowledge as heir; recognize by a judicial act.

Archaic . to see; descry; recognize.

British Dialect Archaic .

to declare, acknowledge, or confess (something).

to teach, direct, or guide (someone).

British Dialect .

to have knowledge of something.

to understand.

noun

acumen , apprehending , apprehension , attention , attitude , awareness , cognizance , comprehension , concept , consciousness , grasp , idea , impression , insight , judgment , knowledge , light , notion , picture , realizing , recognition , sense , sight , understanding , vision , horizon , purview , range , reach , scope , admit , lore , perception , view , wisdom

verb

apprehend , compass , comprehend , fathom , grasp , understand , behold , perceive , accept , catch , conceive , follow , get , make out , read , see , sense , take , take in