comprehend
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From Latin comprehendere (“‘to grasp’”), from the prefix com-, + prehendere (“‘to seize’”).
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to comprehend (third-person singular simple present comprehends, present participle comprehending, simple past and past participle comprehended)
- to cover, include, or contain
- This book comprehends all the topics that are relevant for you.
- 1776: In the second century of the Christian Æra, the empire of Rome comprehended the fairest part of the earth, and the most civilized portion of mankind : The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire : Edward Gibbon. This edition Penguin 2000. p. 9
- to understand or grasp fully and thoroughly.
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to cover
to understand
