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comprehend.

To understand or grasp fully and thoroughly; to plumb.

10 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/kɒmpɹɪˈhɛnd/Received-Pronunciation/ˌkɑmpɹɪˈhɛnd/Atlantic-Canada, General-American/kɔmpɹɪˈhend/Australia
  1. To understand or grasp fully and thoroughly; to plumb.

    transitive
    I just can't comprehend how someone could be a butcher and vegetarian at the same time.
  2. To include, comprise; to contain.

    archaic
Where this word comes from

From Middle English comprehenden, from Latin comprehendere (“to grasp”), from the prefix com- + prehendere (“to seize”). Doublet of comprend.

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