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ead-medium-blue' role='heading' aria-level='2'>History and Etymology
Middle English, from Anglo-French compiler, from Latin compilare to plunder
compile
verb

Synonyms

com​pre​hend
verb
com·​pre·​hend
ˌkäm-pri-ˈhend -prē-
com​pre​hend​ed; com​pre​hend​ing; com​pre​hends

Definition

  • transitive ​verb
  • to grasp the nature, significance, or meaning of //unable to comprehend what has happened
  • to contain or hold within a total scope, significance, or amount //… philosophy's scope comprehends the truth of everything which man may understand … — Henry Osborn Taylor
  • to include by construction or implication //Does not prudence comprehend all the virtues? — Thomas B. Silver ead-medium-blue' role='heading' aria-level='2'>History and Etymology
    Middle English, from Anglo-French compiler, from Latin compilare to plunder
compile
verb

Synonyms

com​pre​hend
verb
com·​pre·​hend
ˌkäm-pri-ˈhend -prē-
com​pre​hend​ed; com​pre​hend​ing; com​pre​hends

Definition

  • transitive ​verb
  • to grasp the nature, significance, or meaning of //unable to comprehend what has happened
  • to contain or hold within a total scope, significance, or amount //… philosophy's scope comprehends the truth of everything which man may understand … — Henry Osborn Taylor
  • to include by construction or implication //Does not prudence comprehend all the virtues? — Thomas B. Silver