'Comprehend' definitions:
Definition of 'comprehend'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Comprehend'
From: GCIDE
- Comprehend \Com`pre*hend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Comprehended; p. pr. & vb. n. Comprehending.] [L. comprehendere, comprehensum; com- + prehendere to grasp, seize; prae before + hendere (used only in comp.). See Get, and cf. Comprise.]
- 1. To contain; to embrace; to include; as, the states comprehended in the Austrian Empire. [1913 Webster]
- Who hath . . . comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure. --Is. xl. 12. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To take in or include by construction or implication; to comprise; to imply. [1913 Webster]
- Comprehended all in this one word, Discretion. --Hobbes. [1913 Webster]
- And if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying. --Rom. xiii. 9. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To take into the mind; to grasp with the understanding; to apprehend the meaning of; to understand. [1913 Webster]
- At a loss to comprehend the question. --W. Irwing. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'comprehend'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absorb,
- accept,
- admit,
- appreciate,
- apprehend,
- assimilate,
- be acquainted with,
- be apprised of,
- be aware of,
- be cognizant of,
- be conscious of,
- be conversant with,
- be informed,
- be with one,
- catch,
- catch on,
- cognize,
- compass,
- complete,
- comprise,
- conceive,
- conceptualize,
- contain,
- count in,
- cover,
- dig,
- digest,
- discern,
- embody,
- embrace,
- encircle,
- enclose,
- encompass,
- envisage,
- envision,
- fathom,
- fill,
- fill in,
- fill out,
- follow,
- get,
- get hold of,
- get the drift,
- get the idea,
- get the picture,
- grasp,
- have,
- have information about,
- have it taped,
- have knowledge of,
- hold,
- include,
- incorporate,
- involve,
- ken,
- know,
- learn,
- make out,
- master,
- number among,
- occupy,
- perceive,
- possess,
- prehend,
- read,
- realize,
- receive,
- reckon among,
- reckon in,
- reckon with,
- recognize,
- savvy,
- see,
- seize,
- seize the meaning,
- sense,
- subsume,
- take,
- take in,
- take into account,
- take into consideration,
- take up,
- twig,
- understand,
- wot,
- wot of