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Grammar : Verb
Spell : suh b-soom
Phonetic Transcription : səbˈsum



Definition of subsume

Origin :
  • 1530s, from Modern Latin subsumere "to take under," from Latin sub "under" (see sub-) + sumere "to take" (see exempt (adj.)). Related: Subsumed; subsuming.
  • verb include
Example sentences :
  • In the next place I subsume a cognition under the condition of the rule (and this is the minor) by means of the judgement.
  • Extract from : « The Critique of Pure Reason » by Immanuel Kant
  • It only remains to subsume each empirical event under its proper category.
  • Extract from : « German philosophy and politics » by John Dewey
  • Now under these laws the Judgement is determinant, for it has nothing to do but to subsume under given laws.
  • Extract from : « Kant's Critique of Judgement » by Immanuel Kant
  • Similarly the actions of animal life depend upon and subsume the laws of organic matter.
  • Extract from : « On the Genesis of Species » by St. George Mivart
  • In the same way the actions of a self-conscious moral agent, such as man, depend upon and subsume the laws of animal life.
  • Extract from : « On the Genesis of Species » by St. George Mivart
  • Hence the problem arises, 'How is it possible to subsume objects of empirical perception under pure conceptions?'
  • Extract from : « Kant's Theory of Knowledge » by Harold Arthur Prichard
  • We are invited to subsume questions of law and of the application of law under the social ideal of the time and place.
  • Extract from : « An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law » by Roscoe Pound

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