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WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
THESAURUS
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subsume

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Verb (transitive)
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sub=sume

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb subsume has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

subsumev. 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.  [1913 Webster]
    "To subsume one proposition under another."  [1913 Webster]
    "A principle under which one might subsume men's most strenuous efforts after righteousness."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

subsume, v.tr. (usu. foll. by under) include (an instance, idea, category, etc.) in a rule, class, category, etc.

Derivative
subsumable adj. subsumption n.
Etymology
med.L subsumere (as SUB-, sumere sumpt- take)

THESAURUS

subsume

affect, assume, bring, call for, comprehend, comprise, contain, embody, embrace, encompass, entail, have, implicate, imply, involve, lead to, presume, presuppose, require, take, take in
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