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comprise

verb
/kəmˈpɹaɪz/

Etymology

From Middle English comprisen, from Old French compris, past participle of comprendre, from Latin comprehendere, contr. comprendere, past participle comprehensus (“to comprehend”); see comprehend. Compare apprise, reprise, surprise.

  1. derived from comprehendere
  2. derived from compris
  3. inherited from comprisen

Definitions

  1. To be made up of

    To be made up of; to consist of (especially a comprehensive list of parts).

    • Near-synonyms: subsume, contain, include, embrace, comprehend
    • The whole comprises the parts.
    • The parts are comprised by the whole.

  2. To compose

    To compose; to constitute.

    • Near-synonym: make up
    • The whole is comprised of the parts.
    • The parts comprise the whole.

  3. To include, contain, or be made up of, defining the minimum elements, whether essential…

    To include, contain, or be made up of, defining the minimum elements, whether essential or inessential to define an invention.

    • (close-ended)

The neighborhood

Derived

comprisable, comprisal

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at comprise. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at comprise. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at comprise

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA