The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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vb. (present participle of comprehend lang= en)
Usage examples of "comprehending".
The Gringg listened, catching a word here and there, but comprehending more from the accompanying gestures.
Kai told himself under his breath, "flexible, comprehending his universe, a high survival type.
Daffyd said, suddenly comprehending the reason for her visit and her hesitancy in mentioning the subject in Andres's presence.
Not precisely comprehending the urge to test the curious unsilence, Killashandra drew a deep breath and expelled it on a fine clear E.
I shall propose to you that it be extensive, comprehending Astronomy, Natural Philosophy (or Physics), Natural History, Anatomy, Botany & Chemistry.
The ever wary Pwent, cunning and comprehending, looked around, then he and the other two fell to the floor.
It seemed to Entreri as if he was far beyond any point of even comprehending the magistrate's words.
Was the human woman even comprehending the sincerity of Kimmuriel's words, and if so, did that allow her any insight into the true power that had come to Calimport?
Enkidu inquired, now comprehending the cryptic reference to crayfish in Amys' first message.
She nudged him gently, thinking that he might be asleep, then nuzzled him with affection to waken him for their evening swim through the lake they had built and rebuilt so many times, but he did not respond, and she stayed with him for a long time, not fully comprehending what death signified, unwilling to accept that it meant the end of their long and necessary companionship.
Each remarked upon its curiosities, but only Sam Purchas came close to comprehending it.
Jake Pasquinel, on whom fell the burden of comprehending both worlds, moving in violent agitation from chief to chief, trying to convince them of the danger to which they had committed themselves.
As Garrett traced the intricate manner in which water seeped down into the aquifer and then escaped upward through springs and artesian wells and filtration—this constant coming and going of the water that sustained all life—he could not help thinking of old Potato Brumbaugh, who had lived his life sitting on top of the great reservoir without comprehending either its existence or its operation.
He was no closer to comprehending humans, despite a century of intensive research and musings.
Your manipulation of basic equations is innovative, and even I have difficulty comprehending them in detail.