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    [Verb]  | "sub*sume" | \ səb-ˈsüm \


    1: to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element

    Origin: 1818 ;

     New Latin subsumere, from Latin sub- + sumere to take up {mat|consume|};

    [Verb]  | "subsume" 


    1: to have as part of a whole;


      * e.g., " ... games and team sports are subsumed under the classification of recreation "




     [ "subsumed" ]

    1: rather unknown, mysterious, dramatic. Sort of 'folded in', convoluted.

      * e.g.,  ... "The drama in Igby Goes Down is fairly subsumed." 

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