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  • 71fathom — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. measure, take a sounding; plunge, reach the bottom of; investigate, probe, study, delve into. See measurement, inquiry. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. interpret, comprehend, penetrate; see understand 1 .… …

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  • 72get — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. secure, obtain, procure, acquire; win, earn, attain; understand, comprehend; produce, beget. See acquisition, production, reproduction. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To obtain] Syn. gain, procure, acquire;… …

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  • 73see — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. view, descry, behold; discern, perceive, comprehend; observe, note; know, experience; ascertain, make sure; consider; meet; escort, attend. See vision, knowledge. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To perceive… …

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  • 74include — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To contain] Syn. hold, admit, cover, embrace, involve, consist of, take in, entail, encompass, incorporate, constitute, accommodate, comprise, compose, be comprised of, be composed of, comprehend, embody, implicate, be made… …

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  • 75pret-, prō̆ t- —     pret , prō̆ t     English meaning: to understand     Deutsche Übersetzung: “verstehen”     Material: M.Ir. rüthaigid “bemerkt”; Goth. fraÞi n. ‘sense, mind, Verstand”, fraÞjan, frōÞ “ understand, comprehend “, frōÞs ‘smart, sensible, wise”,… …

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  • 76understand — [un΄dər stand′] vt. understood, understanding [ME understanden < OE understandan, lit., to stand among, hence observe, understand] 1. to get or perceive the meaning of; know or grasp what is meant by; comprehend [to understand a question] 2.… …

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  • 77com´pre|hend´ing|ly — com|pre|hend «KOM prih HEHND», transitive verb. 1. to understand the meaning of: »If you know how to use a word correctly, you comprehend it. Man does not yet comprehend the universe. SYNONYM(S): grasp, perceive. 2. to include; contain: »His… …

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  • 78com´pre|hend´er — com|pre|hend «KOM prih HEHND», transitive verb. 1. to understand the meaning of: »If you know how to use a word correctly, you comprehend it. Man does not yet comprehend the universe. SYNONYM(S): grasp, perceive. 2. to include; contain: »His… …

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  • 79com|pre|hend — «KOM prih HEHND», transitive verb. 1. to understand the meaning of: »If you know how to use a word correctly, you comprehend it. Man does not yet comprehend the universe. SYNONYM(S): grasp, perceive. 2. to include; contain: »His report of the… …

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  • 80Apprehend — Ap pre*hend ([a^]p pr[ e]*h[e^]nd ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Apprehended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Apprehending}.] [L. apprehendere; ad + prehendere to lay hold of, seize; prae before + hendere (used only in comp.); akin to Gr. chanda nein to hold, contain …

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