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adjective
- capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
adjective
- capable of being comprehended
1814 (rare), from comprehend + -ible; a native formation alongside comprehensible.
1520s, “able to be contained,” from Latin comprehensibilis, from comprehensus, past participle of comphrehendere (see comprehend). Meaning “able to be understood” is from c.1600. Related: Comprehensibly; comprehensibility.