Both Uses
comprehend
in
The One, by Kiera Cass
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- Maxon stared at his father, still not fully comprehending his words.†
p. 206.9 *comprehending = understanding
- I walked away, embracing more strangers, trying to comprehend that I couldn't talk to my dad anymore about how confused I was feeling.†
p. 235.1comprehend = understand -- especially to understand it completely
Definitions:
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(comprehend) to understand something -- especially to understand it completely
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much more rarely (and more frequently in the past), comprehend can mean to include as part of something broader. That was the first sense of the word listed in Webster's Dictionary of 1828 with this sample sentence: "The empire of Great Britain comprehends England, Scotland and Ireland, with their dependencies."