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Definition of Comprise
1. Verb. Be composed of. "What does this dish consist of?"
2. Verb. Include or contain; have as a component. "The record contains many old songs from the 1930's"
3. Verb. Form or compose. "These few men comprise his entire army"
Specialized synonyms: Make, Compose, Constitute, Form, Make, Range, Straddle, Fall Into, Fall Under, Pose, Present, Supplement
Derivative terms: Constituent, Make-up, Makeup
Definition of Comprise
1. v. t. To comprehend; to include.
Definition of Comprise
1. Verb. To be made up of; to consist of (especially a comprehensive list of parts). (defdate from earlier 15th c.) ¹
2. Verb. To include, contain or embrace. (defdate from earlier 15th c.) ¹
3. Verb. (informal considered incorrect usually in passive) To compose, to constitute. ''See usage note below.'' ¹
4. Verb. (patent law) To include, contain or embrace, but not implying an exhaustive list. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Comprise
1. to include or contain [v -PRISED, -PRISING, -PRISES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Comprise
Literary usage of Comprise
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Wills by Thomas Jarman (1844)
"THE word effects, and even the word goods (a), or chattels (b), will, it seems,
comprise the entire personal estate of a testator, unless restrained by the ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... are usually considered to comprise the follow ing superior subdivisions.
Adephaga alone possess an inner palpi form lobe to each maxilla ; the lama are ..."
3. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1897)
"The grounds comprise be completed in accordance with the schedule of the chapel,
library, gymnasium, and offices, in ad- lecture hours. ..."
4. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1881)
"... squirrels, a dog, and a cat, much as if they were children, with illustrative
pictures by Miss Humphrey. Other books comprise a pruned and ..."
5. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1899)
"His published works comprise: 1. The drawing and, in one or two case», the
engraving of the plates of ..."
6. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The religious orders of women in the diocese comprise Ursulines of the
Incarnation (whose convent, founded in Edinburgh in 1835, was the first established ..."
7. The Connoisseur by George Colman, Bonnell Thornton (1905)
"The original pieces are by Pierre Platel, and comprise the fine looking-glass
with removable top, 2 ft. 6i ins. high and 19 ins. wide, weighing in oz. ..."
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