a. Capable of being subsumed. J. B. Stallo. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. sub- + L. sumere to take. ] To take up into or under, as individual under species, species under genus, or particular under universal; to place (any one cognition) under another as belonging to it; to include under something else. [ 1913 Webster ]

To subsume one proposition under another. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

A principle under which one might subsume men's most strenuous efforts after righteousness. W. Pater. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of subsuming, or of including under another. [ 1913 Webster ]

The first act of consciousness was a subsumption of that of which we were conscious under this notion. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is subsumed, as the minor clause or premise of a syllogism. [ 1913 Webster ]

But whether you see cause to go against the rule, or the subsumption under the rule. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to, or containing, a subsumption. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]