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Comprehend [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Literally, to take in; to take with, or together.

2. To contain; to include; to comprise.

3. The empire of Great Britain comprehends England, Scotland and Ireland, with their dependencies.

4. To imply; to contain or include by implication or construction.

5. If there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. Romans 13:9 .

6. 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.

7. God doeth great things, which we cannot comprehend Job 37:5 .

8. It is not always safe to disbelieve a proposition or statement, because we do not comprehend it.

Comprehend [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To contain; to embrace; to include; as, the states comprehended in the Austrian Empire.

2. To take in or include by construction or implication; to comprise; to imply.

3. To take into the mind; to grasp with the understanding; to apprehend the meaning of; to understand.

Comprehended [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Contained; included; implied; understood.

Comprehended [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Comprehending [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Including; comprising; understanding; implying.

Comprehending [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Composition Roget’s Thesaurus §54

N. composition, constitution, crasis, combination, inclusion, admission, comprehension, reception, embodiment, formation

V. be composed of, be made of, be formed of, be made up of, consist of, be resolved into, include, contain, hold, comprehend, take in, admit, embrace, embody, involve, implicate, drag into, compose, constitute, form, make, make up, fill up, build up, enter into the composition of

Adj. containing, constituting

Inclusion Roget’s Thesaurus §76

N. {opp. 77} inclusion, admission, comprehension, reception, composition

V. be included in &c, come under, fall under, range under, belong to, pertain to, range with, merge in, include, comprise, comprehend, contain, admit, embrace, receive, inclose, embody, encircle, reckon among, enumerate among, number among, refer to, place with, arrange with, place under, take into account

Adj. included, including, inclusive, congener, congenerous, of the same class, encircling

Phr. a maximis ad minima, et hoc genus omne, &c, etc, et coetera

Knowledge Roget’s Thesaurus §490

N. knowledge, cognizance, cognition, cognoscence|, acquaintance, experience, ken, privity, insight, familiarity, comprehension, apprehension, recognition, appreciation, intuition, conscience, consciousness, perception, precognition, acroamatics|, light, enlightenment, glimpse, inkling, glimmer, glimmering, dawn, scent, suspicion, impression, discovery, system of knowledge, body of knowledge, science, philosophy, pansophy, acroama|, theory, aetiology, etiology, circle of the sciences, pandect, doctrine, body of doctrine, cyclopedia, encyclopedia, school, tree of knowledge, republic of letters, erudition, learning, lore, scholarship, reading, letters, literature, book madness, book learning, bookishness, bibliomania, bibliolatry, information, general information, store of knowledge &c, education, culture, menticulture, attainments, acquirements, acquisitions, accomplishments, proficiency, practical knowledge, liberal education, dilettantism, rudiments, deep knowledge, profound knowledge, solid knowledge, accurate knowledge, acroatic knowledge, acroamatic knowledge, vast knowledge, extensive knowledge, encyclopedic knowledge, encyclopedic learning, omniscience, pantology, march of intellect, progress of science, advance of science, advance of learning, schoolmaster abroad, scholar

V. know, ken, scan, wot, wot aware, be aware, - of, ween, weet, trow, have, possess, conceive, apprehend, comprehend, take, realize, understand, savvy*, appreciate, fathom, make out, recognize, discern, perceive, see, get a sight-of, experience, know full well, have some knowledge of, possess some knowledge of, be au courant, have in one's head, have at one' fingers ends, know by heart, know by rote, be master of, connaitre le dessous des cartes, know what's what, see one's way, discover, come to one's knowledge

Adj. knowing, cognitive, acroamatic, aware of, cognizant of, conscious of, acquainted with, made acquainted with, privy to, no stranger to, au -fait, au courant, in the secret, up to, alive to, behind the scenes, behind the curtain, let into, apprized of, informed of, undeceived, proficient with, versed with, read with, forward with, strong with, at home in, conversant with, familiar with, erudite, instructed, leaned, lettered, educated, well conned, well informed, well read, well grounded, well educated, enlightened, shrewd, savant, blue, bookish, scholastic, solid, profound, deep-read, book- learned, accomplished, omniscient, self-taught, known, ascertained, well-known, recognized, received, notorious, noted, proverbial, familiar, familiar as household words, familiar to every schoolboy, hackneyed, trite, trivial, commonplace, cognoscible, cognizable

Adv. to one's knowledge, to the best of one's knowledge

Phr. one's eyes being opened, ompredre tout c'est tout pardonner, empta dolore docet experientia, γνῶθι σεαυτόν, "half our knowledge we must snatch not take", jahre lehren mehr als bucher, "knowledge comes but wisdom lingers", "knowledge is power", les affaires font les hommes, nec scire fas est omnia, "the amassed thought and experience of innumerable minds", was ich nicht weiss macht mich nicht heiss

Intelligibility Roget’s Thesaurus §518

N. intelligibility, clearness, explicitness, lucidity, comprehensibility, perspicuity, legibility, plain speaking, precision, θωνᾶντα συνετοῖσι, a word to the wise

V. be intelligible, speak for itself, speak volumes, tell its own tale, lie on the surface, render intelligible, popularize, simplify, clear up, elucidate, understand, comprehend, take, take in, catch, grasp, follow, collect, master, make out, see with half an eye, see daylight, see one's way, enter into the ideas of, come to an understanding

Adj. intelligible, clear, clear as day, clear as noonday, lucid, perspicuous, transpicuous, luminous, transparent, easily understood, easy to understand, for the million, intelligible to the meanest capacity, popularized, plain, distinct, explicit, positive, definite, graphic, expressive, illustrative, unambiguous, unequivocal, unmistakable, unconfused, legible, recognizable, obvious

Adv. in plain terms, in plain words, in plain english

Phr. he that runs may read

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Deuteronomy 32:29

O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!

If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.

Job 37:5

God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.

God thunders wondrously with His voice; He does great things we cannot comprehend.

Proverbs 1:2

To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;

for gaining wisdom and discipline, for comprehending words of insight,

Proverbs 28:5

Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.

Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD comprehend fully.

Ecclesiastes 8:17

Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.

I saw every work of God, and that a man is unable to comprehend the work that is done under the sun. Despite his efforts to search it out, he cannot find its meaning; even if the wise man claims to know, he is unable to comprehend.

Isaiah 40:12

Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on a scale and the hills with a balance?

Isaiah 44:9

They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.

All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame.

Isaiah 44:18

They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.

They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand.

Luke 9:45

But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him of that saying.

But they did not understand this statement. It was veiled from them so that they could not comprehend it, and they were afraid to ask Him about it.

Luke 18:34

And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken.

But the disciples did not understand any of these things. The meaning was hidden from them, and they did not comprehend what He was saying.

John 1:5

And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

Romans 13:9

For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

Ephesians 3:18

May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;

will have power, together with all the saints, to comprehend the length and width and height and depth

Hebrews 4:2

For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.

For we also received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, since they did not share the faith of those who comprehended it.

2 Esdras 4:2

And said, Thy heart hath gone to far in this world, and thinkest thou to comprehend the way of the most High?

2 Esdras 4:11

How should thy vessel then be able to comprehend the way of the Highest, and, the world being now outwardly corrupted to understand the corruption that is evident in my sight?

2 Esdras 4:27

And cannot comprehend the things that are promised to the righteous in time to come: for this world is full of unrighteousness and infirmities.

2 Esdras 5:34

And I said, No, Lord: but of very grief have I spoken: for my reins pain me every hour, while I labour to comprehend the way of the most High, and to seek out part of his judgment.

2 Esdras 8:21

Whose throne is inestimable; whose glory may not be comprehended; before whom the hosts of angels stand with trembling,

2 Esdras 10:56

And then shalt thou hear as much as thine ears may comprehend.