Comprehend

Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary · Matthew George Easton, Noah Webster

Comprehend - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

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.

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Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)

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