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subsume |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Subsume \Sub*sume"\, v. t. [Pref. sub- + L. sumere to take.] 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: subsume v 1: contain or include; "This new system subsumes the old one" 2: consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle [syn: {colligate}]
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