COMPREHEND


Meaning of COMPREHEND in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌkäm-pri-ˈhend, -prē- ]

transitive verb

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French comprendre, comprehendre, from Latin comprehendere, from com- + prehendere to grasp — more at get

Date: 14th century

1. : to grasp the nature, significance, or meaning of

unable to comprehend what has happened

2. : to contain or hold within a total scope, significance, or amount

philosophy's scope comprehend s the truth of everything which man may understand — H. O. Taylor

3. : to include by construction or implication

does not prudence comprehend all the virtues? — Thomas B. Silver

Synonyms: see understand , include

• com·pre·hend·ible -ˈhen-də-bəl adjective

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