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intelligible

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in⋅tel⋅li⋅gi⋅ble

  [in-tel-i-juh-buhl]
–adjective
1. capable of being understood; comprehensible; clear: an intelligible response.
2. Philosophy. apprehensible by the mind only; conceptual.
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Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L intelligibilis, equiv. to intellig- (see intelligent ) + -ibilis -ible

Related forms:
in⋅tel⋅li⋅gi⋅ble⋅ness, noun
in⋅tel⋅li⋅gi⋅bly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. distinct, lucid, coherent.
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in·tel·li·gi·ble   (ĭn-těl'ĭ-jə-bəl)   
adj.  

  1. Capable of being understood: an intelligible set of directions.

  2. Capable of being apprehended by the intellect alone.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin intellegibilis, intelligibilis, from intellegere, to perceive; see intelligent.]
in·tel'li·gi·bil'i·ty, in·tel'li·gi·ble·ness n., in·tel'li·gi·bly adv.
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Word Origin & History

intelligible 
1382, "able to understand," from L. intelligibilis "that can understand, that can be understood," from intelligere (see intelligence). Sense of "capable of being understood" first recorded in Eng. 1601.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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