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comprehendo.

to lay hold of something on all sides; take or catch hold of, grasp, grip

11 characters4 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[kɔm.preˈ(ɦ)ɛn.doː]Classical-Latin[kom.preˈɛn.do]
  1. to lay hold of something on all sides; take or catch hold of, grasp, grip

    conjugation-3
  2. to seize upon in a hostile manner, lay hold of; occupy, capture (of a place); arrest, detain, apprehend, catch; to intercept (a letter)

    conjugation-3
  3. to discover, detect, come upon, reveal

    conjugation-3
  4. to contain, comprise, to enclose, to include, to comprehend

    conjugation-3
  5. to shut in, to include

    Late-Latin · conjugation-3 · figuratively
  6. to conjoin, to fuse with the thing that has come close to take root, to take hold

    conjugation-3
  7. to conjoin, to fuse with the thing that has come close to become pregnant, to conceive

    conjugation-3
  8. to conjoin, to fuse with the thing that has come close to catch (fire)

    conjugation-3
  9. to conjoin, to fuse with the thing that has come close to combine, unite

    Late-Latin · conjugation-3
  10. to be connected to a structure serving cognition as follows to comprehend by sense of sight, perceive, observe, see

    conjugation-3 · figuratively
  11. to be connected to a structure serving cognition as follows to comprehend something by the mind, understand, perceive, grasp

    conjugation-3 · figuratively
  12. to be connected to a structure serving cognition as follows to include or comprehend in words, comprise in discourse, express, describe, recount, narrate

    conjugation-3 · figuratively
  13. to be connected to a structure serving cognition as follows to provide, to establish, to determine

    conjugation-3 · figuratively
  14. to be connected to a structure serving cognition as follows to number, enumerate, reckon

    conjugation-3 · figuratively
  15. to be connected to a structure serving cognition as follows to comprehend someone in affection, embrace with kindness, to bind or put under obligation

    conjugation-3 · figuratively
Where this word comes from

From con- + prehendō (“catch, grasp”).

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