Associations to the word «Subsume»

Wiktionary

SUBSUME, verb. To place (any one cognition) under another as belonging to it; to include or contain under something else.
SUBSUME, verb. To consider an occurrence as part of a principle or rule; to colligate

Dictionary definition

SUBSUME, verb. Contain or include; "This new system subsumes the old one".
SUBSUME, verb. Consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats