Part 2204

<h1>Comprehensibleness</h1> <Xpage=292>

<hw>Com`pre*hen"si*ble*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being comprehensible; comprehensibility.</def>

<h1>Comprehensibly</h1> <Xpage=292>

<hw>Com`pre*hen"si*bly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>With great extent of signification; comprehensively.</def>

<i>Tillotson.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Intelligibly; in a manner to be comprehended or understood.</def>

<h1>Comprehension</h1> <Xpage=292>

<hw>Com`pre*hen"sion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>comprehensio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>compr\'82hension</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of comprehending, containing, or comprising; inclusion.</def>

<blockquote>In the Old Testament there is a close <b>comprehension</b> of the New; in the New, an open discovery of the Old. <i>Hooker.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is comrehended or inclosed within narrow limits; a summary; an epitome.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Though not a catalogue of fundamentals, yet . . . a <b>comprehension</b> of them. <i>Chillingworth.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The capacity of the mind to perceive and understand; the power, act, or process of grasping with the intellect; perception; understanding; <as>as, a <ex>comprehension</ex> of abstract principles</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Logic)</fld> <def>The complement of attributes which make up the notion signified by a general term.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <def>A figure by which the name of a whole is put for a part, or that of a part for a whole, or a definite number for an indefinite.</def>

<h1>Comprehensive</h1> <Xpage=292>

<hw>Com`pre*hen"sive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>compr\'82hensif</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Including much; comprising many things; having a wide scope or a full view.</def>

<blockquote>A very <b>comprehensive</b> definition. <i>Bentley.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Large and <b>comprehensive</b> idea. <i>Channing.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Having the power to comprehend or understand many things.</def> "His <i>comprehensive</i> head."

<i>Pope.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Possessing peculiarities that are characteristic of several diverse groups.</def>

<note>&hand; The term is applied chiefly to early fossil groups which have a combination of structures that appear in more fully developed or specialized forms in later groups. <i>Synthetic</i>, as used by Agssiz, is nearly synonymous.</note>

<syn>Syn. -- Extensive; wide; large; full; compendious.</syn>

<h1>Comprehensively</h1> <Xpage=292>

<hw>Com`pre*hen"sive*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a comprehensive manner; with great extent of scope.</def>

<h1>Comprehensiveness</h1> <Xpage=292>

<hw>Com`pre*hen"sive*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being comprehensive; extensiveness of scope.</def>

<blockquote>Compare the beauty and <b>comprehensiveness</b> of legends on ancient coins. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>