528 collocations for comprehending

He seemed to comprehend my meaning.

If the Whig party had perished because it had no distinct position upon the one overshadowing question of the day, so neither did the new President comprehend the nature and condition of that issue.

I was partially covered by a ragged blanket, but for a few moments remained unable to comprehend the situation.

It is so startling, so awful, that we can not comprehend such a thing happening where we left everybody in the most friendly spirit.

Too dazed to comprehend mere words, the old prospector read instantly and aright the attitude and expression of the two.

The scope of my undertaking comprehends only the public and intellectual character of Lord Byron; every word that I have found it necessary to say respecting his private affairs has been set down with reluctance; nor should I have touched so freely on his failings, but that the consequences have deeply influenced his poetical conceptions.

The word miser was anciently used without comprehending any idea of avarice.

With a great deal of difficulty I was made to comprehend the extent of my loss.

Does he, in principle and by example, require us to go all lengths in rendering mutual service, comprehending offices the most menial, as well as the most honorable; and permit us in practice to EXACT service of our brethren, as if they were nothing better than "articles of merchandize?"

But there is a larger law which perhaps comprehends these facts.

It is surprising that the Romans did not appoint a dictator to command in the battle; it cannot be said indeed that they regarded this war as an ordinary one, for in that case they would not have raised so great a force, but they cannot have comprehended the danger in all its greatness.

To judge rightly, let us approach and endeavor to comprehend the true position of those whose conduct we seek to appreciate.

Considering the apparently temporary and short-lived character of the structures erected for these purposes, it seems difficult to comprehend the truth of this statement.

I could perceive that Lucy's colour heightened, and that she looked exceedingly gratified, while this little scene was in the course of being acted, though I was unable to comprehend the precise feeling that was predominant in her honest and truthful heart.

While we all rejoice, yet the mother in Israel, alone of us all, comprehends its full significance.

Tonnison stared at me, unseeingly, a moment; then, his wits came back to him, and, suddenly, he comprehended my question.

Is it difficult to comprehend such a condition as I have described, Mr. Merrick?" "Somewhat, Mr. Von Taer.

If, in defining a seaman on the present occasion, it be thought proper to have any regard to the example of our predecessors, whose wisdom has, in this debate, been so much magnified; it may be observed, that a seaman has been formerly defined, a man who haunts the seas; a definition which seems to imply habit and continuance, and not to comprehend a man who has, perhaps, never gone more than a single voyage.

"I think it very likely, too, that Mr. Treadwell will comprehend my reasons.

But still, when we consider the vast range and variety of topics included in this volume, and the fact that it comprehends a dozen subjects which a dozen octavos devoted to each would not exhaust, we are compelled to award praise to the editors for contriving to compress into so small a space an amount of information so great.

They could not comprehend the action of Britain at the present moment.

O king, whose greatness none can comprehend, Whose boundless goodness doth to all extend!

Antony had no superior in comprehending his duty, yet he committed many acts of folly.

So far as I am able to comprehend the case, the general facts are now all known, and Congress is as capable of deciding on it justly and properly now as it probably would be after the report of the commissioners.

There are no better authorities than the classical authors themselves, and their works must be studied in order to comprehend the spirit of ancient literature.

528 collocations for  comprehending