comprehendo.
to lay hold of something on all sides; take or catch hold of, grasp, grip
Meaning & usage
to lay hold of something on all sides; take or catch hold of, grasp, grip
to seize upon in a hostile manner, lay hold of; occupy, capture (of a place); arrest, detain, apprehend, catch; to intercept (a letter)
to discover, detect, come upon, reveal
to contain, comprise, to enclose, to include, to comprehend
to shut in, to include
to conjoin, to fuse with the thing that has come close to take root, to take hold
to conjoin, to fuse with the thing that has come close to become pregnant, to conceive
to conjoin, to fuse with the thing that has come close to catch (fire)
to conjoin, to fuse with the thing that has come close to combine, unite
to be connected to a structure serving cognition as follows to comprehend by sense of sight, perceive, observe, see
to be connected to a structure serving cognition as follows to comprehend something by the mind, understand, perceive, grasp
to be connected to a structure serving cognition as follows to include or comprehend in words, comprise in discourse, express, describe, recount, narrate
to be connected to a structure serving cognition as follows to provide, to establish, to determine
to be connected to a structure serving cognition as follows to number, enumerate, reckon
to be connected to a structure serving cognition as follows to comprehend someone in affection, embrace with kindness, to bind or put under obligation
Where this word comes from
From con- + prehendō (“catch, grasp”).
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