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subsume
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subsume
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb subsume has 2 senses
- subsume(v = verb.stative) Array - contain or include; "This new system subsumes the old one" is one way to include
- subsume(v = verb.cognition) colligate - consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle; Array is one way to include
Derived form noun subsumption2
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
Derived form noun subsumption2
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
CIDE DICTIONARY
subsume, 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. [1913 Webster]
"To subsume one proposition under another."
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"A principle under which one might subsume men's most strenuous efforts after righteousness."
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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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