comprehend

The definition of comprehend means to understand the meaning or to include someone or something as a part.

(verb)

See comprehend in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

Origin: ME comprehenden < L comprehendere < com-, with + prehendere, to catch hold of, seize: see prehensile

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See comprehend in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb com·pre·hend·ed, com·pre·hend·ing, com·pre·hends

To take in the meaning, nature, or importance of; grasp. See Synonyms at apprehend.
To take in as a part; include. See Synonyms at include.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English comprehenden

Origin: , from Latin comprehendere

Origin: : com-, com-

Origin: + prehendere, to grasp; see ghend- in Indo-European roots

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