COMPREHENSIBLE Com"pre*hen"si*ble, a. Etym: [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.
COMPREHENSIBLENESS
Com`pre*hen"si*ble*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being comprehensible; comprehensibility.
COMPREHENSIBLY
Com`pre*hen"si*bly, adv.
1. With great extent of signification; comprehensively. Tillotson.
2. Intelligibly; in a manner to be comprehended or understood.
COMPREHENSION
Com`pre*hen"sion, n. Etym: [L. comprehensio: cf. F. compréhension.]
1. The act of comprehending, containing, or comprising; inclusion. In the Old Testament there is a close comprehension of the New; in the New, an open discovery of the Old. Hooker.