comprehend
verb (used with object)
to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive.
were comprehending
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past progressiveof comprehend.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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They were comprehending, they were worried, but they were cool.
From Asteroid of Fear by Raymond Z. Gallun
"Ah," said Herbert, as if he were comprehending it all for the first time, "this, then, was the generous motive that took your brother two miles from town to that retired village?"
From Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. by Wilhelmine von Hillern
