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Subsume
Pronunciation : Sub*sume"
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Pref. sub- + L. sumere to take.]
Definition : Defn: 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. To subsume one proposition under another. De Quincey. A principle under which one might subsume men's most strenuous efforts after righteousness. W. Pater.
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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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