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Webster 1913 Edition
Comprehensible
Com′pre-hen′si-ble
,Adj.
[L.
comprehensibilis
: cf. F. compreéhensible
.] 1.
Capable of being comprehended, included, or comprised.
Lest this part of knowledge should seem to any not
comprehensible
by axiom, we will set down some heads of it. Bacon.
2.
Capable of being understood; intelligible; conceivable by the mind.
The horizon sets the bounds . . . between what is and what is not
comprehensible
by us. Locke.
Webster 1828 Edition
Comprehensible
COMPREHENSIBLE
, a.1.
That may be comprehended, or included; possible to be comprised.2.
Capable of being understood; intelligible; conceivable by the mind.Definition 2024
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See also: compréhensible
English
Adjective
comprehensible (comparative more comprehensible, superlative most comprehensible)
- Able to be comprehended.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Translations
able to be comprehended
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Related terms
Middle French
Etymology
First known attestation 1375, borrowing from Latin comprehensibilis[1].
Adjective
comprehensible m, f (plural comprehensibles)
References
- ↑ “compréhensible” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).