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Definition of Comprises
1. comprise [v] - See also: comprise
Lexicographical Neighbors of Comprises
Literary usage of Comprises
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1903)
"In a wire-fabric machine, a series of sectional twisters, each of which comprises
a central section for carrying a warp wire, and having rotary movement ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Without counting the Discalced Augustinians, the order comprises 19 provinces,
... This comprises 2 residences at Madrid ; the Real Colegio at Valladolid ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"... they were determined, also the percentage each of these comprises of the total
land area.2 Since 1900 there is no definite statement of farm acreage. ..."
4. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1902)
"It comprises two acres to be used for fertility tests both being treated the same
as in the general plan except that one acre is underlaid with tile. ..."
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