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Definition of: subsume
(səb·s
m′) v.t. ·sumed, ·sum·ing
1. To place in some particular class; classify.
2. To include, as the specific or individual in the general. [<NL subsumere <L sub- underneath + sumere take]
—sub·sum′a·ble adjective
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