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subsume

sub·sume [ səb sm ] (past and past participle sub·sumed, present participle sub·sum·ing, 3rd person present singular sub·sumes)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
1. include something: to include or incorporate something into a larger order, category, or classification

2. make subject to rule: to show that a rule applies to something

[Mid-16th century. < medieval Latin subsumere "take up so as to include" < Latin sumere "take"]

sub·sum·a·ble adjective
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