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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Comprehend \Com`pre*hend"\, 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Who hath . . . comprehended the dust of the earth in
              a measure.                            --Is. xl. 12.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To take in or include by construction or implication; to
        comprise; to imply.
        [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]
  
     3. To take into the mind; to grasp with the understanding; to
        apprehend the meaning of; to understand.
        [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.
  
     Syn: To contain; include; embrace; comprise; inclose; grasp;
          embody; involve; imply; apprehend; imagine; conceive;
          understand. See Apprehend.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Comprehend \Com`pre*hend"\, 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.
  
              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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  comprehended
       adj : fully understood or grasped; "dangers not yet appreciated";
             "these apprehended truths"; "a thing comprehended is a
             thing known as fully as it can be known" [syn: appreciated,
              apprehended]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  comprehended
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: comprehender)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  comprehended
     a.
     1 understood.
     2 Included; comprised; contained.
     vb.
     (infl of en comprehend  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  comprehended
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: comprehender)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  comprehended
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: comprehender)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  comprehended
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm c omprehend ed)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  comprehended
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en comprehend ordform=perfpart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb comprehend)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Comprehended /kˌɒmpɹɪhˈɛndɪd/
  مفهوم

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  comprehended /kˌɒmpɹɪhˈɛndɪd/
  begriffen, verstanden, eingesehen, aufgefasst
   see: comprehend, comprehending, comprehends, comprehended
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  comprehended /kˌɒmpɹɪhˈɛndɪd/
  begriff, verstand, sah ein, fasste auf
   see: comprehend, comprehending, comprehended, comprehends
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  comprehended /kˌɒmpɹɪhˈɛndɪd/
  nachvollzogen
     Synonym: understood
  
   see: understand sth., comprehend sth., understanding, comprehending, understands, comprehends, understood, comprehended, It's hard to comprehend.
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  comprehended /kˌɒmpɹɪhˈɛndɪd/
  vollzog nach
     Synonym: understood
  
   see: understand sth., comprehend sth., understanding, comprehending, understood, comprehended, understands, comprehends, It's hard to comprehend.
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  comprehended /kˌɒmpɹɪhˈɛndɪd/
  umfasst, eingeschlossen
     Synonym: comprised
  
   see: comprise sth., comprehend, comprising, comprehending, comprises, comprehends, comprised, comprehended
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  comprehended /kˌɒmpɹɪhˈɛndɪd/
  umfasste, schloss ein
     Synonym: comprised
  
   see: comprise sth., comprehend, comprising, comprehending, comprised, comprehended, comprises, comprehends
  

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˌkɑmpɹɪˈhɛndɪd/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  23 Moby Thesaurus words for "comprehended":
     appreciated, apprehended, ascertained, bound up with, comprised,
     conceived, covered, discerned, down pat, embraced, encompassed,
     envisaged, grasped, included, involved, known, pat, perceived,
     prehended, realized, recognized, seized, understood
  
  

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