[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

comprehend \com`prehend"\, 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.
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            who hath . . . comprehended the dust of the earth in
            a measure.                            --is. xl. 12.
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   2. to take in or include by construction or implication; to
      comprise; to imply.
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            comprehended all in this one word, discretion.
                                                  --hobbes.
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            and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly
            comprehended in this saying.          --rom. xiii.
                                                  9.
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   3. to take into the mind; to grasp with the understanding; to
      apprehend the meaning of; to understand.
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            at a loss to comprehend the question. --w. irwing.
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            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
see also:
comprehended comprehending get comprise apprehend 

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