verb (used with object), -prised, -pris?ing. 1. to include or contain: The Soviet Union comprised several socialist republics. 2. to consist of; be composed of: The advisory ...

com·prise   (k m-pr z) tr.v. com·prised, com·pris·ing, com·pris·es. 1. To consist of; be composed of: "The French got ... French Equatorial Africa, comprising several ...

transitive verb comprised-·prised?, comprising-·pris?·ing. to include; contain; to consist of; be composed of a nation comprising thirteen states; to make up; form ...

To embrace, cover, or include; to confine within; to consist of. In the law governing patents?grants of an exclusive right or privilege to make, use, or sell an invention or ...

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