资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Comprise \Com*prise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Comprised}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Comprising}.] [From F. compris, comprise, p. p. of
   comprendre, L. comprehendere. See {Comprehend}.]
   To comprehend; to include.

         Comprise much matter in few words.       --Hocker.

         Friendship does two souls in one comprise. --Roscommon.

   Syn: To embrace; include; comprehend; contain; encircle;
        inclose; involve; imply.