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Webster 1913 Edition

Comprehend

Comˊpre-hend′

,
Verb.
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
.
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.
Syn. – To contain; include; embrace; comprise; inclose; grasp; embody; involve; imply; apprehend; imagine; conceive; understand. See
Apprehend
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Comprehend

COMPREHEND

,
Verb.
T.
Literally, to take in; to take with, or together.
1.
To contain; to include; to comprise.
The empire of Great Britain comprehends England, Scotland and Ireland, with their dependencies.
2.
To imply; to contain or include by implication or construction.
If there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. Rom. 13.
3.
To understand; to conceive; that is, to take, hold or contain in the mind; to possess or to have in idea; according to the popular phrase, I take your meaning.
God doeth great things, which we cannot comprehend. Job 37.
It is not always safe to disbelieve a proposition or statement, because we do not comprehend it.

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