As a science it is a well-ordered system of laws, and cannot be comprehended without knowledge of these.
On these suppositions might be comprehended the power and significance of music which must otherwise remain a mystery.
I asked him if all the negro slaves comprehended this fact, and he said they surely did.
The good woman, seeing the scattered pieces of paper, at once comprehended the situation, for she knew her young son had brought a letter which must have contained bad news.
The old man comprehendedhis son's thought, and whispered: "You are right.
You comprehended the consequences; for, if noble sentiments were to gain an ascendency in public opinion, you would become no better than a traitor, instead of being a man of prudence and good sense.
The Doctor, awaking from his unconsciousness, and feeling himself in the grasp of the watchman, instantly comprehended the state of affairs, and shuddered as he thought of his exposure and ruin.
And so it was; the name, Francis Sydney, was written out on the back of an unoccupied chair; he comprehended that this was designated to be his seat when he should form one of that awful crew, in the chamber of Death.
The officer, who was an intelligent and energetic man, instantly comprehended the state of affairs, and hastened with a number of other citizens to the Tombs, in order to save an innocent man from death.
Nero entered the room, and observing the triumphant chuckle of the Dead Man, and the dejected look of his mistress, with his natural acuteness instantly comprehended the true state of affairs.
He comprehended that the poor girl resided with those who would not protect her, and he nobly resolved to constitute himself her friend.
I certainly comprehended something of the nature of trees and houses; but I do not think that I was aware that the former grew.
The now, however, might be comprehended within the space of the last twenty-four hours.
If his fatigue had been less, he would have very soon comprehended the difference between the mattress of his bed and the soft turf of the isle of Calypso.
He comprehended neither the incoherence of her words nor the cause of her agitation.
The quickness with which Eusebe comprehended the demonstrations and followed the instructions, as well as his graceful attitude and manly vigor, excited the interest of the professor.
The whole of duty towards others is not however comprehended in justice.
Whitelocke told her he could not, and that the treaties of the Commonwealth were comprehended within the bounds of Europe.
Creatures, being finite, can only comprehend the infinite in his attribute of unity: the other attributes being apprehended (or comprehended partially) in finite phases.
He had read more than a hundred pages of Willie Reilly to his Uncle, but he had not comprehendedone of them.
When Tom Gordon comprehended that the two policemen had arrested him on the charge of stealing a gold watch, he understood the trick played upon him by the lad who had handed him the timepiece and then, darted into the alley.
The heart of the youth throbbed violently when he stepped out in the moonlight andcomprehended the perilous nature of the business.
Unusually bright and mentally strong as he was, he comprehended it all, and read the scheme as if in a printed book.
Bessie comprehended the gist of the embassage very readily.
But I now fully comprehended his condition, and how powerless he was.
I found in it a quantity of seamen's clothes, upon which I put no value; but some of the articles I immediately comprehended the use of, and they filled me with delight.
In other words, our conception of the universe is incomplete, if not comprehended as a constant and continuous work of the eternally creating Spirit.
They say when Mrs. Randolph went away up to his cabin to thank him, he remarked that 'a few words comprehended the whole,' and fled the mountain until he was sure she had gone.
Of quick wit, the officer comprehended that his superior had surmised some plot, the solution of which might be found below.
It was not at all expressed to me that he even comprehended my intention, for he gave me a look that I did not understand, and it all passed in a moment.
I turned round to do so, and had taken up the candle in my hand, when it was extinguished by some violent shock; and the next thing I comprehended was, that I had been caught in a strong running noose, thrown over my head from behind.
I regret to state that I was not afraid of telling the enormous lie comprehended in the answer "No.
The imperceptible but mighty influence of her gentle presence has determined his decision before he has comprehended it.
Now he comprehended that he must carve mystic runes of passion upon his own heart as upon a glowing rose and fling it into the mighty sea of feeling, praying it to bring the maiden Gro into his hands.
Judith remained kneeling, upright, on the floor with arms extended--she had heard and at first hardly comprehended him.
But this latter characteristic is secondary, and the former is comprehended in the third idea, that of reformation, which is the superior form in which retribution appears when the type is a mental ideal and is affected by conscious persons.
We were comprehended in him, so that in him we sinned.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "comprehended" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: ascertained; comprehended; conceived; involved; realized; recognized; understood
