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.
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}.