comprize
Americanverb (used with object)
Other Word Forms
- comprizable adjective
- comprizal noun
Example Sentences
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In common language, it is made to signify both a moment and a number of years, consequently it does not comprize any stated time.
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There is indeed a double difficulty: the definition ought to comprize the aberrations of the lunatic, and fix the standard for the practitioner.
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These cases have not been selected from a variety of others, but comprize the entire number which have fallen under my observation.
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These five heds comprize all the points in which the pictures are treated, but not each picture is treated from all five.
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So in the act of settlement, where the crown of England is limited "to the princess Sophia, and the heirs of her body, being protestants," it becomes necessary to call in the assistance of lawyers, to ascertain the precise idea of the words "heirs of her body;" which in a legal sense comprize only certain of her lineal descendants.
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