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Comprehend

//ˌkɑmpɹɪˈhɛnd// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To understand or grasp fully and thoroughly; to plumb. transitive

    "I just can't comprehend how someone could be a butcher and vegetarian at the same time."

  2. 2
    get the meaning of something wordnet
  3. 3
    To include, comprise; to contain. archaic

    "And lothly mouth, unmeete a mouth to bee, / That nought but gall and venim comprehended […]."

  4. 4
    to become aware of through the senses wordnet
  5. 5
    include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English comprehenden, from Latin comprehendere (“to grasp”), from the prefix com- + prehendere (“to seize”). Doublet of comprend.

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