comprise

== English == === Alternative forms === comprize (rare) === Etymology === From Middle English comprisen, from Old French compris, past participle of comprendre, from Latin comprehendere, contr. comprendere, past participle comprehensus (“to comprehend”); see comprehend. Compare apprise, reprise, surprise. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kəmˈpɹaɪz/ Rhymes: -aɪz === Verb === comprise (third-person singular simple present comprises, present participle comprising, simple past and past participle comprised) (transitive) To be made up of; to consist of (especially a comprehensive list of parts). [from the earlier 15th c.] Coordinate terms: unify, integrate Near-synonyms: subsume, contain, include, embrace, comprehend (sometimes proscribed, usually in the passive) To compose; to constitute. [from the 17th c.] Near-synonym: make up 1657, Isaac Barrow, Data (Euclid) (translation), Prop. XXX "Seeing then the angles comprised of equal right lines are equal, we have found the angle FDE equal to the angle ABC." (patent law) To include, contain, or be made up of, defining the minimum elements, whether essential or inessential to define an invention. Coordinate term: compose (close-ended) ==== Usage notes ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (to compose): form, make up; see also Thesaurus:compose ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== comprehensive ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== comprised of on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “comprise”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “comprise”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === perosmic == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔ̃.pʁiz/ === Participle === comprise f sg feminine singular of compris