comprehend
verb (used with object)
to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive.
has comprehended
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present perfectof comprehend (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Lamartine has comprehended nothing, that is clear, even if his amount of energy had been effectual....
From The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) by Sir Frederic G. (Frederic George) Kenyon
"Norma, thou holy priestess," sings the chorus, and Jenny Lind has comprehended and shows to us this holy priestess in the aria, Casta diva.
From True Story of My Life by Mary (Mary Botham) Howitt
Unquestionably there were features much alike, and almost peculiar to these two literary characters; but I doubt if Hurd has comprehended them in the parallel.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 by Isaac Disraeli
An absolute transmutation of values has taken place from the time that he has comprehended things as parts of the world's entity, and as themselves an entity.
From ?mile Verhaeren by Stefan Zweig
In still later novels, Emilia Pardo-Bazan thinks, he has comprehended that "the novel of to-day must take note of the ambient truth, and realize the beautiful with freedom and independence."
From Dona Perfecta by Mary J. (Mary Jane) Serrano
