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intelligible

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
intelligible /ɪnˈtɛlɪdʒɪb(ə)l/

▶adjective able to be understood.

■ Philosophy able to be understood only by the intellect.

– derivatives
intelligibility noun,
intelligibly adverb.

– origin ME: from L. intelligibilis, from intelligere (see intelligence).

'intelligible' also found in these Oxford entries:

comprehensible - decode - decrypt - descramble - Hindustani - pattern - sense - unscramble

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