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to understand something — especially to understand it completely
- Such shaping fantasies, that apprehend
More than cool reason ever comprehends.5.1 — Act 5 Scene 1 — Athens. An Apartment in the Palace of THESEUS (3% in)
comprehends = understands
- Such tricks hath strong imagination, That, if it would but apprehend some joy, It comprehends some bringer of that joy; Or in the night, imagining some fear, How easy is a bush supposed a bear?5.1 — Act 5 Scene 1 — Athens. An Apartment in the Palace of THESEUS (6% in)
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