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Definition of Subsume
1. Verb. Contain or include. "This new system subsumes the old one"
2. Verb. Consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle.
Definition of Subsume
1. v. t. 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.
Definition of Subsume
1. Verb. To place (any one cognition) under another as belonging to it; to include or contain under something else. ¹
2. Verb. To consider an occurrence as part of a principle or rule; to colligate ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Subsume
1. to classify within a larger category [v -SUMED, -SUMING, -SUMES]
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