precomprehend
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
pre- + comprehend
Verb[edit]
precomprehend (third-person singular simple present precomprehends, present participle precomprehending, simple past and past participle precomprehended)
- (transitive) To comprehend in advance.
- 2001, Ashok Kara, The Ghosts of Justice, page 263:
- Thus, beyond Trakl's immediate experience of 'horror', we already precomprehend the profound sense of anguish that was ripping him apart.