comprehensibleadj.
/kɒmprɪˈhɛnsɪb(ə)l/ Capable of being comprehended.
1. That may be comprised or contained.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > incorporation or inclusion > [adjective] > incorporated or included > capable of being
comprehensible1529
incorporable1607
includible1651
includable1774
comprehendible1814
1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i, in Wks. 121/2 He is not comprehensyble nor circumscribed no where.
1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Cc3v An argument comprehensible within the notice and instructions of the Writer. View more context for this quotation
1799 T. Beddoes Contrib. Physical & Med. Knowl. 217 The phænomena in which light and oxygen are concerned, especially as the actions of life promise to be comprehensible under them.
2. That may be grasped:† a. sensibly: Palpable.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > [adjective] > cognizable by the senses or phenomenal
palpable?1435
comprehensible1579
tractable1605
tangible1620
sensitive1686
phenomenic1808
phenomenal1825
1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 261 Things not comprehensible, and without body.
b. mentally: Conceivable, intelligible.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > [adjective]
understandinga1382
sensiblea1393
knowablea1425
perceivablec1443
takablec1449
understandablec1475
intendible1489
intentiblea1492
intelligible1509
facile1531
level1559
discernable1561
receptible1574
intendable?1577
excogitable1592
penetrable1594
comprehensible1598
scrutablec1604
distinguishable1611
discernible1616
perviousa1631
fathomable1633
cognoscible1648
colligible1650
determinable1658
intelligent1676
cognizable1681
apprehensive1692
susceptible1694
tangible1709
apprehensible1715
pronounced1728
comprehendible1814
graspable1818
prehensiblea1832
prononcé1838
possible1864
receivable1865
unsmothered1891
readable1908
discriminable1946
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Comprehensibile, comprehensible, that may be comprehended.
a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1957) III. 356 It is apprehensible by sense, and not comprehensible by reason.
1815 W. H. Ireland Scribbleomania 248 To render the subject comprehensible to the meanest capacity.
1845 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 I. vi. 325 For reasons not easily comprehensible.
Derivatives
compreˈhensibleness n. comprehensible quality.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > [noun]
intelligibleness1611
intelligibility1635
perceivableness1641
cognoscibility1656
understandableness1656
knowableness1660
comprehensibleness1669
scibility1670
receptibility1676
comprehensibility1793
apprehensibility1827
recognizability1836
cognizability1852
knowability1854
thinkableness1860
cognizableness1871
perceivability1871
discernibleness1890
pronouncement1908
understandability1934
1669 H. More Expos. 7 Epist. Pref. (T.) Which facility and comprehensibleness must needs improve the usefulness of these expositions very considerably.
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