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I comprise, therefore, under this term the whole moral and intellectual condition of a people.

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  1. transitive verb To consist of; be composed of: "The French got ... French Equatorial Africa, comprising several territories” (Alex Shoumatoff).
  2. transitive verb To include; contain: "The word 'politics' ... comprises, in itself, a difficult study of no inconsiderable magnitude” (Charles Dickens). See Synonyms at include.
  3. transitive verb Usage Problem To compose; constitute: "Put together the slaughterhouses, the steel mills, the freight yards ... that comprised the city” (Saul Bellow).
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  • The areas proposed for designation comprise approximately 325 miles of freshwater river habitat, 1,058 square miles of estuarine habitat and 136 square miles of habitat within the Yolo and Sutter bypasses, part of the Sacramento River Flood Control Project. —  YubaNet.com
  • The Apt comprise, among others, the Beetle -, Ant - and Wasp-kinden and this term refers to the races that have an aptitude for advanced technology and machinery. —  Bookspotcentral
  • The $51 billion in loan originations and commitments comprise: —  Tampa Business News - Local Tampa News | The Tampa Bay Business Journal
  • Features comprise: 30 GB hard disk Wireless networking 3 inch color display Mechanically imports music from your ITunes plus windows media player Holds 7,500 songs, —  Article Source
  • Well-informed sources told The Daily Star on Sunday that the issue of Aoun's attendance at the Franjieh-Geagea meeting was likely to be resolved through a comprise, especially after the former general told reporters last week that his Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) and the LF were not unable to reconcile. —  The Muslim Question 2
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  1. Middle English comprisen, from Old French compris, past participle of comprendre, to include, from Latin comprehendere, comprēndere; see comprehend.

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  1. from Old French compris, comprins, French compris (= Spanish Italian comprenso = Portuguese comprehenso, from Latin comprensus), past participle of comprendre, from L. comprehendere, contr. comprendere, past participle comprehensus, comprensus, comprehend: see comprehend. Cf. apprise, reprise, surprice.
 

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