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subsume


Pronunciation: /səbˈso͞om
verb
[with object]
Include or absorb (something) in something else: most of these phenomena can be subsumed under two broad categories


Origin
mid 16th century (in the sense 'subjoin, add'): from medieval Latin subsumere, from sub- 'from below' + sumere 'take'. The current sense dates from the early 19th century.

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May we assume that you will resume your effort to subsume the ordinary acts of criminals within the scope of terrorism? After all, you run the ever-growing agency which fights possible terrorist threats.

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