subsume
UK /səbˈsjuːm/ · US /səbˈsuːm/ verb
Forms subsumes subsuming subsumed
- verb (transitive) To place (any one cognition) under another as belonging to it; to include or contain something else.
- verb (transitive) To consider an occurrence as part of a principle or rule.
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Etymology
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin subsūmere, from sub- + sūmō (“to take”). Compare English consume.
Webster’s 1913
- verb 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.
Etymology [Pref. sub- + L. sumere to take.]
Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “subsume”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details