comprehend
to understand fully
Roots
Other words with the prehend root
- apprehend: to grasp, understand, or arrest
- apprehension: anxiety; understanding; arrest
- apprehensive: anxious or uneasy
- apprise: to inform or notify someone
- comprehensive: complete and wide-ranging
- prehensile: adapted for grasping
Comprehend is to grasp something with the mind.
She could define the word before she fully comprehended its tone.