SUBSUME


Meaning of SUBSUME in English

[ səb'sju:m ]

■ verb include or absorb in something else.

Derivatives

subsumable adjective

subsumption noun

Origin

C16 (in the sense 'subjoin, add'): from med. L. ~re , from sub- 'from below' + sumere 'take'.

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