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comprend

comprend verb: synonym of comprehend.

Verb

comprend (third-person singular simple present comprends, present participle comprending, simple past and past participle comprended)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of comprehend.
    • B. The Euangeliſt calleth the Coſins and Kinſemen of our Sauiour, his bꝛethꝛen, accoꝛding to the manner of the ſcriptur. C. Foꝛ by this name the Iewes compꝛended all kinſemen, in what degrée of bloode ſoeuer they bée: as wée haue ſhewed in another place.1575, Augustine Marlorate, translated by Thomas Timme, A Catholike and Ecclesiasticall Exposition of the Holy Gospell after S. Iohn. […], London: […] Thomas Marshe, page 243, column 1
    • This ſayd, ſhe peac’d, and his anſwere attends, / In act which ſilent doth both ſpeake and pray: / Godfrey his doubtfull mind toſſing ſuſpends / Twixt diuers thoughts, ne wots which ſide to ſway; / He dreads Barbarians wiles, and well comprends; / Man findes no faith where God receiues a nay: […]1594, Torquato Tasso, translated by R[ichard] C[arew], Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Hierusalem. […], London: […] Iohn Windet for Christopher Hunt […], page 170
    Synonyms:
    comprehend

Synonyms of comprend

Forms of comprend

third-person singular presentcomprends
present participlecomprending
past participlecomprended
pastcomprended

Origin of comprend

From Middle English comprenden, from Old French comprendre. Doublet of comprehend.

Questions about comprend

What does comprend mean?
Comprend means synonym of comprehend.
What part of speech is comprend?
Comprend is a verb.
What is the past tense of comprend?
The past tense of comprend is comprended.

Words near comprend in the dictionary

  1. comprehensivizes
  2. comprehensivizing
  3. comprehensor
  4. comprehensors
  5. compreignacite
  6. comprend
  7. comprended
  8. comprending
  9. comprendo
  10. comprends
  11. compresence

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