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Subsume

//səbˈsuːm// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To place (any one cognition) under another as belonging to it; to include or contain something else. transitive

    "Near-synonym: comprise"

  2. 2
    consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle wordnet
  3. 3
    To consider an occurrence as part of a principle or rule. transitive
  4. 4
    contain or include wordnet

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin subsūmere, from sub- + sūmō (“I take”). Compare English consume.

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