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comprehend definition

com·pre·hend (käm′prē hend′, -pri-)

transitive verb

  1. to grasp mentally; understand
  2. to include; take in; comprise

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

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