sub|sume

sub|sume
sub|sume «suhb SOOM», transitive verb, -sumed, -sum|ing.
1. to bring (an idea, term, principle, proposition, or the like) under another; bring (a case or instance) under a rule.
2. to take up into, or include in, a larger or higher class or the like.
[< New Latin subsumere < Latin sub- under + sūmere assume, take]

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