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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Comprise \Com*prise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Comprised}; p. pr &
vb n. {Comprising}.] [From F. compris, comprise, p. p. of
comprendre L. comprehendere See {Comprehend}.]
To comprehend; to include.
Comprise much matter in few words --Hocker.
Friendship does two souls in one comprise. --Roscommon.
Syn: To embrace; include; comprehend; contain; encircle;
inclose; involve; imply.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
comprising
n : the act of comprising something [syn: {comprehension}]
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