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comprehendo

Pronunciation: [kɔm.preˈ(ɦ)ɛn.doː]

“comprehendo” is a Latin word. Its 15 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to lay hold of something on all sides; take or catch hold of, grasp, grip
  2. to seize upon in a hostile manner, lay hold of; occupy, capture (of a place); arrest, detain, apprehend, catch; to intercept (a letter)
  3. to discover, detect, come upon, reveal
  4. to contain, comprise, to enclose, to include, to comprehend
  5. to shut in, to include
  6. to take root, to take hold
  7. to become pregnant, to conceive
  8. to catch (fire)
  9. to combine, unite
  10. to comprehend by sense of sight, perceive, observe, see
  11. to comprehend something by the mind, understand, perceive, grasp
  12. to include or comprehend in words, comprise in discourse, express, describe, recount, narrate
  13. to provide, to establish, to determine
  14. to number, enumerate, reckon
  15. to comprehend someone in affection, embrace with kindness, to bind or put under obligation

Etymology

From con- + prehendō (“catch, grasp”).

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