[W/K] :: comprise

  Comprise \Com*prise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Comprised; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Comprising.] [From F. compris, comprise, p. p. of
     comprendre, L. comprehendere. See Comprehend.]
     To comprehend; to include.
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           Comprise much matter in few words.       --Hocker.
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           Friendship does two souls in one comprise. --Roscommon.
  
     Syn: To embrace; include; comprehend; contain; encircle;
          inclose; involve; imply.
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  comprise
       v 1: be composed of; "The land he conquered comprised several
            provinces"; "What does this dish consist of?" [syn: consist]
       2: include or contain; have as a component; "A totally new idea
          is comprised in this paper"; "The record contains many old
          songs from the 1930's" [syn: incorporate, contain]
       3: form or compose; "This money is my only income"; "The stone
          wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These
          constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the
          chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a
          year"; "These few men comprise his entire army" [syn: constitute,
           represent, make up, be]

  140 Moby Thesaurus words for "comprise":
     accouple, accumulate, add, add up to, admit, affect, agglutinate,
     aggregate, aggregate to, amalgamate, amass, amount to, articulate,
     assemble, assimilate, associate, assume, band, blend, bond,
     bracket, bridge, bridge over, bring, call for, cement, chain,
     clap together, coalesce, collect, combine, come to, come together,
     complete, compose, compound, comprehend, concatenate, conglobulate,
     conjoin, conjugate, connect, consolidate, contain, copulate,
     count in, couple, cover, embed, embody, embrace, encircle, enclose,
     encompass, enfold, entail, envisage, fill, fill in, fill out, flux,
     form, fuse, gather, glue, hold, implicate, imply, include,
     incorporate, integrate, interblend, interfuse, internalize,
     involve, join, keep within, knot, lay together, lead to, league,
     link, lump together, make, make one, make up, marry, marshal, mass,
     meld, melt into one, merge, mix, mobilize, mount up to, number,
     number among, occupy, pair, piece together, presume, presuppose,
     put in, put together, receive, reckon among, reckon in,
     reckon up to, reckon with, reembody, require, roll into one,
     run into, run to, shade into, solder, solidify, span, splice,
     stick together, subsume, surround, syncretize, syndicate,
     synthesize, take, take in, take into account,
     take into consideration, take up, tape, tie, tot up to, total,
     tote up to, unify, unite, unitize, weld, yoke