Definition of Comprehending

1. Verb. (present participle of comprehend) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Comprehending

1. comprehend [v] - See also: comprehend

Lexicographical Neighbors of Comprehending

comprador bourgeoisie
compradore
compradores
compradors
comprecation
comprecations
compreg
compregs
comprehend
comprehended
comprehender
comprehenders
comprehendest
comprehendeth
comprehendible
comprehending (current term)
comprehends
comprehensibilities
comprehensibility
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comprehensibleness
comprehensibly
comprehension
comprehensions
comprehensive
comprehensive dental care
comprehensive health care
comprehensive medical care
comprehensive school
comprehensive schools

Literary usage of Comprehending

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Encyclopædia of Gardening: Comprising the Theory and Practice of by John Claudius Loudon (1835)
"Edible British fuci ; comprehending the dulse, tangle, &C. 3897. Most of the vegetables in the preceding classification are propagated by seeds, ..."

2. London: Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis by David Hughson (1807)
"... comprehending the same, and Cleavland House, and out-buildings; and also the street which leads from the outward gate of the said house, fronting part ..."

3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Edward Thurlow Thurlow, Alexander Wedderburn Rosslyn, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1845)
"Distinction between bequests of leasehold estate by words in the present and in the future tense, as confined to the existing, or comprehending a future, ..."

4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1835)
"JL Treatise on Pulmonary Consumption; comprehending an Inquiry into the Causes, Nature, Prevention, and Treatment of Tuberculous and Scrofulous Diseases in ..."

5. American Book Prices Current by Katherine Kyes Leab, Daniel J Leab (1907)
"Travels, comprehending everything remarkable in its kind in Europe, Asia, Africa and America. Lond., 1745-47. 4 vols., 410. Old cf. (worn), A., Oct. 2, '06. ..."

6. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by David Shephard Garland, John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie (1889)
"Murder, comprehending the crimes designated in the Belgian penal code by the terms of parricide, assassination, poisoning, and infanticide. 2. ..."

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