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1. (v.t.) subsume
to consider or include (an idea, term, etc.) as part of a more comprehensive one.
2. subsume
to bring (a case, instance, etc.) under a rule.
3. subsume
to take up into a more inclusive classification.
Etymology: (1525–35; < ML subsūmere= L sub-sub - +sūmere to take; see consume)
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1. (verb) subsume
contain or include
"This new system subsumes the old one"
2. (verb) subsume, colligate
consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle
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1. (verb) subsume
to take up into or under, as individual under species, species under genus, or particular under universal; to place (any one cognition) under another as belonging to it; to include under something else
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