All 5 Uses of
comprehend
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
- I conjectured, therefore, that he found on the paper signs for speech which he understood, and I ardently longed to comprehend these also; but how was that possible when I did not even understand the sounds for which they stood as signs?†
p. 116.6comprehend = understand -- especially to understand it completely
- They made many signs which I did not comprehend, but I saw that her presence diffused gladness through the cottage, dispelling their sorrow as the sun dissipates the morning mists.†
p. 120.5
- Some hours passed thus, while they, by their countenances, expressed joy, the cause of which I did not comprehend.†
p. 120.7 *
- Safie was always gay and happy; she and I improved rapidly in the knowledge of language, so that in two months I began to comprehend most of the words uttered by my protectors.†
p. 121.6
- My days were spent in close attention, that I might more speedily master the language; and I may boast that I improved more rapidly than the Arabian, who understood very little and conversed in broken accents, whilst I comprehended and could imitate almost every word that was spoken.†
p. 121.9comprehended = understood completely
Definition:
to understand something -- especially to understand it completely