SUBSUME

subsume, colligate

(verb) consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle

subsume

(verb) contain or include; โ€œThis new system subsumes the old oneโ€

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

subsume (third-person singular simple present subsumes, present participle subsuming, simple past and past participle subsumed)

To place (any one cognition) under another as belonging to it; to include or contain something else.

To consider an occurrence as part of a principle or rule; to colligate

Source: Wiktionary


Sub*sume", v. t. Etym: [Pref. sub- + L. sumere to take.]

Definition: 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. To subsume one proposition under another. De Quincey. A principle under which one might subsume men's most strenuous efforts after righteousness. W. Pater.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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