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Definition
made up of (composed of); or included
- My first quarter at Lowood seemed an age; and not the golden age either; it comprised an irksome struggle with difficulties in habituating myself to new rules and unwonted tasks.Chapter 7 (0% in)
- The lesson had comprised part of the reign of Charles I., and there were sundry questions about tonnage and poundage and ship-money, which most of them appeared unable to answer; still, every little difficulty was solved instantly when it reached Burns: her memory seemed to have retained the substance of the whole lesson, and she was ready with answers on every point.Chapter 6 (16% in)
- One drear word comprised my intolerable duty — "Depart!"Chapter 27 (76% in)
- I remember now seeing the letter E. comprised in your initials written in books you have at different times lent me; but I never asked for what name it stood.Chapter 33 (60% in)
There are no more uses of "comprised" in Jane Eyre.
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