[f. as prec. + -ING2.] That comprehends.
1667. Primatt, City & C. Builder, 161. A Right Angle Triangle ABC, whose comprehending sides are BA, BC.
1833. G. S. Faber, Recapit. Apost., 82. The name of blasphemy itself, like the whole comprehending book of the Apocalypse, was expressed in the Greek language.
Hence Comprehendingly adv., in a comprehending manner, intelligently, knowingly.
1866. Contemp. Rev., II. 398. We have seen an old … horse look tenderly and half comprehendingly on its master.
1884. Miss Eddy, in Chicago Advance, 18 Dec., 834. Miss Marigold nodded comprehendingly, with a little laugh.
