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comprize

comprize is the rare spelling of comprise.

Meaning of comprise

Verb

comprise (third-person singular simple present comprises, present participle comprising, simple past and past participle comprised)

  1. (transitive) To be made up of; to consist of (especially a comprehensive list of parts).
    • Near-synonyms: subsume, contain, include, embrace, comprehend
  2. (passive, proscribed, sometimes, usually) To compose; to constitute.
    • Near-synonym: make up
    Synonyms:
    make up, form
  3. To include, contain, or be made up of, defining the minimum elements, whether essential or inessential to define an invention.
    • (close-ended)

Forms of comprize

third-person singular presentcomprizes
present participlecomprizing
past participlecomprized
pastcomprized

Words formed from comprize

Questions about comprize

What is comprize the rare spelling of?
Comprize is the rare spelling of comprise.

Words near comprize in the dictionary

  1. compriseth
  2. comprising
  3. comprizable
  4. comprizal
  5. comprizals
  6. comprize
  7. comprized
  8. comprizes
  9. comprizing
  10. comprobate
  11. comprobation

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: comprize (page history and authors); comprise (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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