comprehendo

== Latin == === Alternative forms === comprēndō, conprehendō === Etymology === From con- + prehendō (“catch, grasp”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔm.preˈ(ɦ)ɛn.doː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kom.preˈɛn.do] === Verb === comprehendō (present infinitive comprehendere, perfect active comprehendī, supine comprehēnsum); third conjugation to lay hold of something on all sides; take or catch hold of, grasp, grip Synonyms: capiō, tangō, apprehendō, dēprehendō, prehēnsō, potior, temptō, teneō, capessō, prehēndō, arripiō to seize upon in a hostile manner, lay hold of; occupy, capture (of a place); arrest, detain, apprehend, catch; to intercept (a letter) Synonyms: expugnō, claudō, capiō, teneō, occupō, obtineō, compleō, apprehendō, opprimō, inclūdō, possideō, obsideō, retineō (to a crime or deed) to discover, detect, come upon, reveal (of space) to contain, comprise, to enclose, to include, to comprehend (figuratively, Late Latin) to shut in, to include to conjoin, to fuse with the thing that has come close (of plants) to take root, to take hold (of a woman) to become pregnant, to conceive (with ignem) to catch (fire) (Late Latin, of medicines) to combine, unite (figuratively) to be connected to a structure serving cognition as follows to comprehend by sense of sight, perceive, observe, see to comprehend something by the mind, understand, perceive, grasp Synonyms: apprehendō, dēprehendō, accipiō, cognōscō, concipiō, teneō, apīscor, capiō, complector, excipiō, exaudiō, cōnsequor Antonyms: nesciō, ignōrō to include or comprehend in words, comprise in discourse, express, describe, recount, narrate (of law) to provide, to establish, to determine Dig. XLV.I.19 Pomponius libro quinto decimo ad Sabinum to number, enumerate, reckon to comprehend someone in affection, embrace with kindness, to bind or put under obligation ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== apprehendō dēprehendō prehendō reprehendō ==== Descendants ==== === References === “comprehendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “comprehendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “comprehendo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. == Portuguese == === Verb === comprehendo first-person singular present indicative of comprehender == Spanish == === Verb === comprehendo first-person singular present indicative of comprehender