subsumier

sub-sumier

• subsumieren Vb. ‘unterordnen, einordnen, das Besondere dem Allgemeinen unterordnen’ (Ende 18. Jh.),
  • mlat. subsumere ‘zusammenfassen, unter-, einordnen’;
    • vgl. lat. sūmere ‘nehmen, kaufen, an-, aufwenden’. Subsumtion

From Late Latin subsumō, equivalent to the Latin sub- (“sub-”) and sūmō (“to take”), cf. the English consume.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /səbˈsjuːm/
• (US) IPA^(key): /səbˈsuːm/

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• Rhymes: -uːm

Verb

subsume (third-person singular simple present subsumes, present participle subsuming, simple past and past participle subsumed)

1. To place (any one cognition) under another as belonging to it; to include or contain something else. [ quotations ▼]
2. To consider an occurrence as part of a principle or rule; to colligate.