— subsumptive , adj.
/seuhb sump"sheuhn/ , n.
1. an act of subsuming.
2. the state of being subsumed.
3. something that is subsumed.
4. a proposition subsumed under another.
[ 1630-40; subsumption- (s. of subsumptio ) a subjoining, equiv. to subsumpt ( us ) (ptp. of subsumere to SUBSUME + L -ion- -ION ]