v. t.
Who hath . . . comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure. Is. xl. 12. [ 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 ]
At a loss to comprehend the question. W. Irwing. [ 1913 Webster ]
Great things doeth he, which we can not comprehend. Job. xxxvii. 5.
adj. able to be understood. Opposite of
n. The quality or state of being comprehensible; capability of being understood. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. comprehensibilis: cf. F. compreéhensible. ]
Lest this part of knowledge should seem to any not comprehensible by axiom, we will set down some heads of it. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
The horizon sets the bounds . . . between what is and what is not comprehensible by us. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being comprehensible; comprehensibility. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv.
n. [ L. comprehensio: cf. F. compréhension. ]
In the Old Testament there is a close comprehension of the New; in the New, an open discovery of the Old. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]
Though not a catalogue of fundamentals, yet . . . a comprehension of them. Chillingworth. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. compréhensif. ]
A very comprehensive definition. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]
Large and comprehensive idea. Channing. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The term is applied chiefly to early fossil groups which have a combination of structures that appear in more fully developed or specialized forms in later groups. Synthetic, as used by Agassiz, is nearly synonymous.
adv. In a comprehensive manner; with great extent of scope. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being comprehensive; extensiveness of scope. [ 1913 Webster ]
Compare the beauty and comprehensiveness of legends on ancient coins. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]