† comprendv.
Obsolete.
= comprehend v.
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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > understand [verb (transitive)]
yknoweOE
acknowOE
anyeteOE
latchc1000
undernimc1000
understandc1000
underyetec1000
afindOE
knowOE
seeOE
onfangc1175
takec1175
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underfonga1300
undertakea1300
kenc1330
gripea1340
comprehend1340
comprendc1374
espyc1374
perceivea1387
to take for ——?1387
catcha1398
conceivea1398
intenda1400
overtakea1400
tenda1400
havec1405
henta1450
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skilla1500
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compass1576
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fathom1611
resent1614
receivea1616
to take up1617
apprehend1631
to take in1646
grasp1680
understumblec1681
forstand1682
savvy1686
overstand1699
uptake1726
nouse1779
twig1815
undercumstand1824
absorb1840
sense1844
undercumstumble1854
seize1855
intelligize1865
dig1935
read1956
the world > life > biology > laboratory analysis > material > [verb (intransitive)] > take (of a graft)
comprendc1374
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c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. v. iv. 165 Resoun..comprendiþ þe þinges ymaginable and sensible.
c1400 Rom. Rose 6635 I wole not determine Of prynces power..Ne by my word comprende, iwys, If it so ferre may strecche in this.
c1420 Pallad. on Husb. iii. 394 Doutlesse every graffyng wol comprende, Untempered lyme yf with the graffes be Put in the plages.
1594 R. Carew tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne iv. 170 He..well comprends; Man findes no faith where God receiues a nay.
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