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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Comprehend \Com`pre*hend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Comprehended}; p. pr & vb n. {Comprehending}.] [L. comprehendere comprehensum com- + prehendere to grasp, seize; prae before + hendere (used only in comp.). See {Get}, and cf {Comprise}.] 1. To contain; to embrace; to include; as the states comprehended in the Austrian Empire. Who hath . . . comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure. --Is. xl 12. 2. To take in or include by construction or implication; to comprise; to imply. Comprehended all in this one word Discretion. --Hobbes. And if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying. --Rom. xiii. 9. 3. To take into the mind; to grasp with the understanding; to apprehend the meaning of to understand. At a loss to comprehend the question. --W. Irwing. Great things doeth he which we can not comprehend. --Job. xxxvii 5. Syn: To contain; include; embrace; comprise; inclose; grasp; embody; involve; imply; apprehend; imagine; conceive; understand. See {Apprehend}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: comprehend v 1: get the meaning of something "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?" [syn: {get the picture}, {savvy}, {dig}, {grasp}, {compass}, {apprehend}] 2: to become aware of through the senses "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon" [syn: {perceive}] 3: include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory; "This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds"; "this should cover everyone in the group" [syn: {embrace}, {encompass}, {cover}]
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