Comprehend /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Comprehended; p. pr. & vb. n. Comprehending

1. To contain; to embrace; to include; as, the states comprehended in the Austrian Empire.

   Who hath . . . comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure.

2. To take in or include by construction or implication; to comprise; to imply.

   Comprehended all in this one word, Discretion.

   And if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying.

3. To take into the mind; to grasp with the understanding; to apprehend the meaning of; to understand.

   At a loss to comprehend the question.

   Great things doeth he, which we can not comprehend.