Definition of comprehend

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Comprehend (v. t.) To take into the mind; to grasp with the understanding; to apprehend the meaning of; to understand.

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Reach :: Reach (v. t.) To understand; to comprehend.
Superficialist :: Superficial (a.) Reaching or comprehending only what is obvious or apparent; not deep or profound; shallow; -- said especially in respect to study, learning, and the like; as, a superficial scholar; superficial knowledge..
Ditone :: Ditone (n.) The Greek major third, which comprehend two major tones (the modern major third contains one major and one minor whole tone)..
Landscape :: Landscape (n.) A portion of land or territory which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including all the objects it contains..
Apperceive :: Apperceive (v. t.) To perceive; to comprehend.
Intelligible :: Intelligible () Capable of being understood or comprehended; as, an intelligible account or description; intelligible pronunciation, writing, etc..
Exorbitant :: Exorbitant (a.) Not comprehended in a settled rule or method; anomalous.
Indistinctly :: Indistinctly (adv.) In an indistinct manner; not clearly; confusedly; dimly; as, certain ideas are indistinctly comprehended..
Understand :: Understand (v. t.) To have just and adequate ideas of; to apprehended the meaning or intention of; to have knowledge of; to comprehend; to know; as, to understand a problem in Euclid; to understand a proposition or a declaration; the court understands the advocate or his argument; to understand the sacred oracles; to understand a nod or a wink..
General :: General (a.) The whole; the total; that which comprehends or relates to all, or the chief part; -- opposed to particular..
Penetration :: Penetration (n.) The act or process of penetrating, piercing, or entering; also, the act of mentally penetrating into, or comprehending, anything difficult..
Seize :: Seize (v. t.) To grap with the mind; to comprehend fully and distinctly; as, to seize an idea..
Comprehensibly :: Comprehensibly (adv.) Intelligibly; in a manner to be comprehended or understood.
Species :: Species (n.) A group of individuals agreeing in common attributes, and designated by a common name; a conception subordinated to another conception, called a genus, or generic conception, from which it differs in containing or comprehending more attributes, and extending to fewer individuals. Thus, man is a species, under animal as a genus; and man, in its turn, may be regarded as a genus with respect to European, American, or the like, as species..
Read :: Read (v. t.) Hence, to know fully; to comprehend..
Comprehend :: Comprehend (v. t.) To take in or include by construction or implication; to comprise; to imply.
Intellect :: Intellect (n.) The part or faculty of the human soul by which it knows, as distinguished from the power to feel and to will; sometimes, the capacity for higher forms of knowledge, as distinguished from the power to perceive objects in their relations; the power to judge and comprehend; the thinking faculty; the understanding..
Polytechnic :: Polytechnic (a.) Comprehending, or relating to, many arts and sciences; -- applied particularly to schools in which many branches of art and science are taught with especial reference to their practical application; also to exhibitions of machinery and industrial products..
Table :: Table (n.) Hence, in a great variety of applications: A condensed statement which may be comprehended by the eye in a single view; a methodical or systematic synopsis; the presentation of many items or particulars in one group; a scheme; a schedule..
Misunderstand :: Misunderstand (v. t.) To misconceive; to mistake; to miscomprehend; to take in a wrong sense.
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