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subsume

sub·sume

UK/səbˈsjuːm/ US/səbˈsuːm/ uncommon

verb

1.

contain or include

  • “This new system subsumes the old one”
2.

Origin

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin subsūmere, from sub- + sūmō (“to take”). Compare English consume.

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