subsume.
To place (any one cognition) under another as belonging to it; to include or contain something else.
Meaning & usage
To place (any one cognition) under another as belonging to it; to include or contain something else.
To consider an occurrence as part of a principle or rule.
Where this word comes from
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin subsūmere, from sub- + sūmō (“to take”). Compare English consume.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.