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- verb Archaic form of
comprise .
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Examples
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Rhetoricians, began to write himself; his works, as collected in English, comprize four volumes, among them
The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume I (of X) - Greece Various 1887
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-- I will comprize his character in a few words, and afterwards unfold it more at large.
Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker. Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Let us comprize, in one moment, in this instant, NOW, our whole of being, and exclude alike the future and the past! '
Almoran and Hamet John Hawkesworth
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For a mere inventor, a mere digester, or a mere actor, are titles never made use of to comprize the whole character; but an
Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker. Marcus Tullius Cicero
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He explained that the Aaronic Priesthood did not comprize "the power of laying on hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost"; [1532] but he predicted that the Higher
Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern James Edward Talmage 1897
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If the festive assembly at Matthew's house really did comprize a number of sinners, was not the occasion one of rare opportunity for the ministrations of the
Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern James Edward Talmage 1897
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Yet even the conviction given through direct revelation (Matt. 16: 17) did not at the time comprize a comprehensive knowledge of the Savior's mission.
Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern James Edward Talmage 1897
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Gr. Test, and 30 pages in Beza's folio, comprize the whole in 40 days. '
Life Of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887
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The township which these islands comprize bears Gosnold's name.
Great Epochs in American History, Vol. II The Planting Of The First Colonies: 1562—1733 Various 1885
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These works comprize what had survived at the sculptural decorations of the
The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland III Various 1885
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