comprize

American  

[kuhm-prahyz] / kəmˈpraɪz /

verb (used with object)

comprized, comprizing

1. comprise.

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Other Word Forms

• comprizal
  noun
• comprizable
  adjective

Example Sentences

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comprize comprized comprizing

In common language, it is made to signify both a moment and a number of years, consequently it does not comprize any stated time.

From Observations on Madness and Melancholy Including Practical Remarks on those Diseases together with Cases and an Account of the Morbid Appearances on Dissection by John Haslam

The township which these islands comprize bears Gosnold's name.

From Great Epochs in American History, Vol. II The Planting Of The First Colonies: 1562—1733 by Francis W. (Francis Whiting) Halsey

To comprize my own Character in relation to Christianity, I was neither a Saint nor a Devil.

From Memoirs of Major Alexander Ramkins (1718) by Daniel Defoe

Test, and 30 pages in Beza's folio, comprize the whole in 40 days.'

From Life of Johnson, Volume 2 1765-1776 by George Birkbeck Norman Hill

I have reason to hope that the terms of peace will comprize most of the great objects we have in view, and in some points almost exceed our expectations.

From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. XI by Jared Sparks

He, however, seriously observed of the last stanza repeated by him, that it nearly comprized all the advantages that wealth can give.

From Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood by Charles Grosvenor Osgood

In short, the whole doctrine of raillery is comprized in this famous line:—   "Quid de quoque viro, et cui dicas, saepe    caveto."

From The Works of Henry Fielding Edited by George Saintsbury in 12 Volumes Volume 12 by George Saintsbury

He, however, seriously observed of the last stanza repeated by him, that it nearly comprized all the advantages that wealth can give.'

From Life of Johnson, Volume 4 1780-1784 by James Boswell

Rabbinism comprized as an essential element the doctrine of the equal authority of oral rabbinical tradition with the written word of the law.

From Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern by James Edward Talmage

It comprized two departments: the fresh fish and oyster department, and myself.

From Walking-Stick Papers by Robert Cortes Holliday

From the year 1748 to 1794, comprizing a period of forty-six years, there have been admitted into Bethlem Hospital, 4832 women, and 4042 men.

From Observations on Madness and Melancholy Including Practical Remarks on those Diseases together with Cases and an Account of the Morbid Appearances on Dissection by John Haslam

We have seen each in due progression comprizing the actions of a greater population than the foregoing, and for a greater period of time.

From A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 1 by Thomas Clarkson

From the year 1748, to 1794, comprizing a period of forty-six years, there have been admitted into Bethlem Hospital 4832 women, and 4042 men.

From Observations on Insanity With Practical Remarks on the Disease and an Account of the Morbid Appearances on Dissection by John Haslam

The apostleship, comprizing all powers inherent in the Melchizedek Priesthood, was restored by the presiding apostles of old, Peter, James, and John.

From Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern by James Edward Talmage

Denmark consists of the islands in the Baltic, and the peninsula lying in the north-west of Germany, comprizing Jutland, Sleswig, and Holstein.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson by William Stevenson