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   In·tel·li·gi·ble

   /inˈteləjəb(ə)l/

   

   adjective

   • 1. able to be understood; comprehensible: "this would make the system more intelligible to the general public"
   • ▪ able to be understood only by the intellect, not by the senses.

   Word Origin late Middle English (also in the sense ‘capable of understanding’): from Latin intelligibilis, from intelligere ‘understand’ (see intelligent).

   Derivatives

   • 1. intelligibly adverb

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