comprehend
verb
[ kɒmprɪˈhɛnd ]
• grasp mentally; understand.
• "he couldn't comprehend her reasons for marrying Lovat"
Similar:
understand,
grasp,
take in,
see,
apprehend,
follow,
make sense of,
fathom,
make out,
puzzle out,
get to the bottom of,
penetrate,
realize,
perceive,
discern,
divine,
unravel,
decipher,
interpret,
piece together,
work out,
figure out,
make head or tail of,
get one's head around,
wrap one's mind round,
take on board,
get a fix on,
get the hang of,
get the drift of,
catch on to,
latch on to,
tumble to,
crack,
dig,
get,
see the light,
get the picture,
twig,
suss out,
suss,
savvy,
• include, comprise, or encompass.
• "a divine order comprehending all men"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French comprehender, or Latin comprehendere, from com- ‘together’ + prehendere ‘grasp’.
