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