Both Uses of
comprehend
in
A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Such shaping fantasies, that apprehend
More than cool reason ever comprehends.Scene 5.1 *comprehends = understands
- Such tricks hath strong imagination, That, if it would but apprehend some joy, It comprehends some bringer of that joy; Or in the night, imagining some fear, How easy is a bush supposed a bear?†
Scene 5.1comprehends = understands something
Definition:
to understand something -- especially to understand it completely