comprised; comprising
Definition of comprise
1
: to be made up of
The factory was to be a vast installation, comprising fifty buildings.— Jane Jacobs The play comprises three acts.
2
: compose, constitute
… a misconception as to what comprises a literary generation.— William Styron … about 8 percent of our military forces are comprised of women.— Jimmy Carter
3
: to include especially within a particular scope
… civilization as Lenin used the term would then certainly have comprised the changes that are now associated in our minds with "developed" rather than "developing" states. — The Times Literary Supplement (London)
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The first known use of comprise was in the 15th century
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