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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Comprehension \Com`pre*hen"sion\, n. [L. comprehensio: cf. F.
     compr['e]hension.]
     1. The act of comprehending, containing, or comprising;
        inclusion.
  
              In the Old Testament there is a close comprehension
              of the New; in the New, an open discovery of the
              Old.                                  --Hooker.
  
     2. That which is comprehended or inclosed within narrow
        limits; a summary; an epitome. [Obs.]
  
              Though not a catalogue of fundamentals, yet . . . a
              comprehension of them.                --Chillingworth.
  
     3. The capacity of the mind to perceive and understand; the
        power, act, or process of grasping with the intellect;
        perception; understanding; as, a comprehension of abstract
        principles.
  
     4. (Logic) The complement of attributes which make up the
        notion signified by a general term.
  
     5. (Rhet.) 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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  comprehension
       n 1: an ability to understand the meaning or importance of
            something (or the knowledge acquired as a result); "how
            you can do that is beyond my comprehension"; "he was
            famous for his comprehension of American literature"
            [ant: {incomprehension}]
       2: the relation of comprising something; "he admired the
          inclusion of so many ideas in such a short work" [syn: {inclusion}]

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