Thesaurus: comprehend

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1. v. t. To contain; to embrace; to include; as, the states comprehended in the Austrian Empire.
2. v. t. To take in or include by construction or implication; to comprise; to imply.
3. v. t. To take into the mind; to grasp with the understanding; to apprehend the meaning of; to understand.
4. v. get the meaning of something
5. v. to become aware of through the senses
6. v. include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory
7. 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.
8. v:100 v get the meaning of something v to become aware of through the senses v include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory