01 v. t. To take up into or under, as individual under species, species under genus, or particular under universal; to place (any one cognition) und…
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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.“To subsume one proposition under another.” — De Quincey.“A principle under which one might subsume men's most strenuous efforts after righteousness.” — W. Pater.