Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act or fact of comprising or comprehending; inclusion.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of comprising or comprehending; a compendium or epitome.
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- noun The act of
comprising orcomprehending ; acompendium orepitome .
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By a comprisal of the _petitio principii_ with the
Hints towards the formation of a more comprehensive theory of life. Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1803
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