grok
\ grok \ , verb;
1.to understand thoroughly and intuitively.
2.to communicate sympathetically.
Quotes:
Jill bit her lip, then grinned. "I'm not sure what ‘ grok ’ means."
-- Robert A. Heinlein, "Stranger in a Strange Land , " 1961
They were trying to, like, fake it, you know? They didn't exactly grok how we do things nowadays.
-- Harry Turtledove, "The Valley-Westside War ," 2008
Origin:
Grok was coined by Robert A. Heinlein in his 1961 science-fiction novel Stranger in a Strange Land .
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