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Meaning of subsume

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

subsume

Pronunciation:/səbˈsuːm/

verb

Definitions

  1. To place (any one cognition) under another as belonging to it; to include or contain something else.

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