- (v.t.) To take into the mind; to grasp with the understanding; to apprehend the meaning of; to understand.
- (v.t.) To contain; to embrace; to include; as, the states comprehended in the Austrian Empire.
- (v.t.) To take in or include by construction or implication; to comprise; to imply.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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