Both Uses
comprehend
in
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
(Edited)
- T.J., for the first time comprehending that we were no longer his friends, stopped.
p. 193.9 *comprehending = understanding
- Kaleb Wallace gazed up at Mr. Morrison, then at the truck as if trying to comprehend the connection between the two.
p. 225.1comprehend = understand
Definitions:
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(1)
(comprehend) to understand something -- especially to understand it completely
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(2)
(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."