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foresaw that he must be overpowered. — History of the Decline and Fall of the<br />

Roman Empire — Volume 1;<br />

• (comprise)- to include or contain, ( , );<br />

The municipal body of Angers comprised, among other members, two<br />

deputies of the présidial, two of the Forest and Streams department, two of<br />

the — The French Revolution - Volume 3;<br />

• (comprehend)- to take in or embrace; include; comprise,( );<br />

• to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive,<br />

( , );<br />

• (comprehensive)- of large scope; covering or involving much; inclusive,<br />

( , , );<br />

Horace's experience was comprehensive, and touched the life of his<br />

generation at many points. — Horace and His Influence;<br />

• (inclusive)- including the stated limit or extremes in consideration or<br />

account, (- , - , - ); When the spirit becometh all inclusive, the<br />

Spiritual union shall be attained. — Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas;<br />

• (unaccountable)- impossible to account for; unexplained; inexplicable,<br />

( ; ; ); No other man in the<br />

camp hates me It is strange--unaccountable," returned Dechamp. — The<br />

Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains;<br />

range = scope = ambit = gamut = girth : capacity : caliber : competence<br />

• (range)- the limits within which something can be effective;<br />

• (scope)- an area in which something acts or operates or has power or<br />

control;<br />

• (ambit)- an area in which something acts or operates or has power or<br />

control;<br />

• (gamut)- the entire scale or range, ( ;<br />

); He almost had run the gamut, and she really appeared as if she<br />

intended to flee rather than to come to him. — The Song of the Cardinal;<br />

• (girth)- the measure around anything; circumference, (<br />

for ambition. — Vittoria — Volume 5;<br />

); Unfortunately, I grew in girth -- the wrong way<br />

• (caliber)- degree of capacity or competence; ability, ( ; );<br />

• the diameter of something of circular section, esp. that of the inside of a<br />

tube,( ; ); For imposture of this caliber was a crime,<br />

punishable by long imprisonment; and Italy always contrived to rake in a<br />

dozen or so accomplices. — The Lure of the Mask;<br />

• (competence)- the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically

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