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, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley