Definition of "subsuming" []

• Present participle of subsume. (verb)

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• "And then 'subsuming' (such is the technical phrase -- _subsuming_) Socrates under the rule by a minor proposition -- viz. Socrates is a man -- we are able mediately to connect him with the predicate of that rule, viz,"
• "Early Christianity was itself adept at appropriating the good ideas of others, aggressively subsuming countless pagan practices which modern atheists now tend to avoid in the mistaken belief that they are indelibly Christian."
• "It requires a huge sacrifice to translate, and the subsuming of the individuals to the guild is fascinating and works well."