comprehendō

Alternative forms

• comprēndō, conprehendō

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kom.preˈhen.doː/, [kɔmpreˈ(ɦ)ɛn̪d̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kom.preˈen.do/, [kompreˈɛn̪d̪o]

Verb

comprehendō (present infinitive comprehendere, perfect active comprehendī, supine comprehēnsum); third conjugation

1. to lay hold of something on all sides; take or catch hold of, grasp, grip [ synonyms ▲]

   Synonyms: capiō, tangō, apprehendō, dēprehendō, prehēnsō, potior, temptō, teneō, capessō, prehēndō, arripiō

2. to seize upon in a hostile manner, lay hold of; occupy, capture (of a place); arrest, detain, apprehend, catch; to intercept (a letter) [ synonyms ▲]

   Synonyms: expugnō, claudō, capiō, teneō, occupō, obtineō, compleō, apprehendō, opprimō, inclūdō, possideō, obsideō, retineō

3. (to a crime or deed) to discover, detect, come upon, reveal
4. (of space) to contain, comprise, to enclose, to include, to comprehend
5. (figuratively, Late Latin) to shut in, to include
6. to conjoin, to fuse with the thing that has come close
   1. (of plants) to take root, to take hold
   2. (of a woman) to become pregnant, to conceive
   3. (with ignem) to catch (fire)
   4. (Late Latin, of medicines) to combine, unite
7. (figuratively) to be connected to a structure serving cognition as follows
   1. to comprehend by sense of sight, perceive, observe, see
   2. to comprehend something by the mind, understand, perceive, grasp

[ synonyms, antonyms ▲]

1. Synonyms: apprehendō, dēprehendō, accipiō, cognōscō, concipiō, teneō, apīscor, capiō, complector, excipiō, exaudiō, cōnsequor

   Antonyms: nesciō, ignōrō

1. 1. to include or comprehend in words, comprise in discourse, express, describe, recount, narrate
   2. (of law) to provide, to establish, to determine [ quotations ▼]
   3. to number, enumerate, reckon
   4. to comprehend someone in affection, embrace with kindness, to bind or put under obligation