KJV Dictionary Definition: comprehend

comprehend

COMPREHEND, v.t. Literally, to take in; to take with, or together.

1. To contain; to include; to comprise.

The empire of Great Britain comprehends England, Scotland and Ireland, with their dependencies.

2. To imply; to contain or include by implication or construction.

If there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. Rom. 13.

3. To understand; to conceive; that is, to take, hold or contain in the mind; to possess or to have in idea; according to the popular phrase, I take your meaning.

God doeth great things, which we cannot comprehend. Job 37.

It is not always safe to disbelieve a proposition or statement, because we do not comprehend it.

comprehended

COMPREHENDED, pp. Contained; included; implied; understood.

comprehending

COMPREHENDING, ppr. Including; comprising; understanding; implying.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.

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