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SUBSUMED
Verb
subsumed
simple past tense and past participle of subsume
Source: Wiktionary
SUBSUME
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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