1. (v. t.) To contain; to embrace; to include; as, the states comprehended in the Austrian Empire.

2. (v. t.) To take in or include by construction or implication; to comprise; to imply.

3. (v. t.) To take into the mind; to grasp with the understanding; to apprehend the meaning of; to understand.

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