subsume

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Verb 1.2.1 Related terms 1.2.2 Translations 2 French 2.1 Verb

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[edit] Etymology

• From Latin subsumō.

[edit] Verb

to subsume (third-person singular simple present subsumes, present participle subsuming, simple past and past participle subsumed)

1. 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 or contain under something else.
   • 1961: J. A. Philip. Mimesis in the Sophistês of Plato. In: Proceedings and Transactions of the American Philological Association 92. p. 453--468.

     no allusion is made to forms because Plato is subsuming under the class of productive crafts both divine and human imitation;

2. To consider an occurrence as part of a principle or rule; to colligate

[edit] Related terms

• subsumption

[edit] Translations

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[edit] Verb

subsume

1. first-person singular present indicative of subsumer.
2. third-person singular present indicative of subsumer.
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of subsumer.
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of subsumer.
5. second-person singular imperative of subsumer.