All 14 Uses of
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Nicholas Nickleby
- 'And this,' resumed Snawley, 'has made me anxious to put them to some school a good distance off, where there are no holidays—none of those ill-judged coming home twice a year that unsettle children's minds so—and where they may rough it a little—you comprehend?'†
Chpt 4
- 'The absence of a college degree IS an objection,' replied Squeers, looking as grave as he could, and considerably puzzled, no less by the contrast between the simplicity of the nephew and the worldly manner of the uncle, than by the incomprehensible allusion to the young noblemen under his tuition.†
Chpt 4
- Actuated by no personal motives, but moved only by high and great constitutional considerations; which I will not attempt to explain, for they are really beneath the comprehension of those who have not made themselves masters, as I have, of the intricate and arduous study of politics; I would rather keep my seat, and intend doing so.†
Chpt 16
- 'Why, it is a long story,' replied Nicholas, 'and one you would have some difficulty in comprehending, I fear.†
Chpt 29 *
- Now, Mrs Nickleby was not the sort of person to be told anything in a hurry, or rather to comprehend anything of peculiar delicacy or importance on a short notice.†
Chpt 33
- Wherefore, although the good lady had been subjected to a full hour's preparation by little Miss La Creevy, and was now addressed in most lucid terms both by Nicholas and his sister, she was in a state of singular bewilderment and confusion, and could by no means be made to comprehend the necessity of such hurried proceedings.†
Chpt 33
- 'Grazing,' said Squeers, raising his voice, under the impression that as Ralph failed to comprehend him, he must be deaf.†
Chpt 34
- As a question of mere necessity and usefulness, therefore, this muffling of the knocker was thoroughly incomprehensible.†
Chpt 36
- The man obeyed these directions as if he quite comprehended the motive with which they were dictated, and left the room.†
Chpt 38
- Smike looked vacantly at him, as if unable to comprehend his meaning.†
Chpt 39
- Smike, who comprehended just enough of this to know it was intended as encouragement, prepared to follow with tottering steps, when John whispered in his ear.†
Chpt 39
- It being quite plain to the comprehension of all present that, however extraordinary and improbable it might appear, the noise did nevertheless proceed from the chimney in question; and the noise (which was a strange compound of various shuffling, sliding, rumbling, and struggling sounds, all muffled by the chimney) still continuing, Frank Cheeryble caught up a candle, and Tim Linkinwater the tongs, and they would have very quickly ascertained the cause of this disturbance if Mrs…†
Chpt 49
- The unconscious Peg, however, not being able to comprehend the offence of which she had been guilty, he summoned her to hold the light, while he made a tour of the fastenings, and secured the street-door with his own hands.†
Chpt 53
- …Frank had been absent; and Nicholas and Kate had begun to try in good earnest to stifle their own regrets, and to live for each other and for their mother—who, poor lady, could in nowise be reconciled to this dull and altered state of affairs—when there came one evening, per favour of Mr Linkinwater, an invitation from the brothers to dinner on the next day but one: comprehending, not only Mrs Nickleby, Kate, and Nicholas, but little Miss La Creevy, who was most particularly mentioned.†
Chpt 63
Definition:
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(comprehend) to understand something -- especially to understand it completely