Definition of Subsume

1. Verb. Contain or include. "This new system subsumes the old one"

Generic synonyms: Include
Derivative terms: Subsumption

2. Verb. Consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle.
Exact synonyms: Colligate
Generic synonyms: Include
Derivative terms: Colligation, Subsumption

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]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Subsume

substudy
substyle
substyles
subsubroutine
subsubroutines
subsulfide
subsulfides
subsulphate
subsulphates
subsulphide
subsulphides
subsultive
subsultory
subsultus
subsumable
subsume (current term)
subsumed
subsumer
subsumers
subsumes
subsuming
subsumption
subsumptions
subsumptive
subsupplier
subsuppliers
subsurface
subsurfaces
subsymbol
subsymbols

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