Word: comprehend
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Cicero's Select Orations, and to translate English into Latin correctly. He must be versed in ancient and modern geography; the fundamental rules of arithmetick; vulgar and decimal fractions; proportion, simple and compound; single and double fellowships; alligation, medical and alternate; and algebra to the end of simple equations; comprehend, also, the doctrine of roots and powers, and arithmetical and geometrical progression. . . . . Every person, before admission to any of the classes or schools of the university, must exhibit proper testimonials of his moral character." Commencement, at that time, took place on the last Wednesday of August, and the summer vacation...
Even then I felt doubtful of the truth; even then I suspected myself of being unable to comprehend fully the situation. Might there...
Miss H. I fancy now I comprehend...
...What fellow, Dick, can comprehend...
...found. In the first place, the importance of the study of geology is set forth in a clear and forcible manner, but none too much so. The intimate relation of geology to all the other sciences and the almost absolute necessity of grasping it first in order to comprehend them; its connection with the development of life, both organic and inorganic; and, above all, its practical utility, make it one of the most commendable of the sciences to study...