Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for COM-PRE-HEN'SIVE
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COM-PRE-HEN'SIVE, a.
- Having the quality of comprising much, or including a great extent; extensive; as, a comprehensive charity; a comprehensive view. It seems sometimes to convey the sense of comprehending much in a small compass.
- Having the power to comprehend or understand many things at once; as, a comprehensive head. – Pope.
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