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.