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 Com·pre·hend v. t. [imp. & p. p. Comprehended; p. pr. & vb. n. Comprehending.]
 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.
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