Definition of Comprises

1. Verb. (third-person singular of comprise) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Comprises

1. comprise [v] - See also: comprise

Lexicographical Neighbors of Comprises

compressively
compressiveness
compressor
compressorium
compressors
compressure
comprimario
comprint
comprints
comprisal
comprisals
comprise
comprised
comprises (current term)
comprising
comprize
comprized
comprizes
comprizing
comprobation
comprobations
compromisation
compromisations
compromise
compromise rules
compromise verdict
compromised
compromiser

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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