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 ] | 
