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Webster 1913 Edition
Subsumption
Sub-sump′tion
,Noun.
1.
The act of subsuming, or of including under another.
The first act of consciousness was a
subsumption
of that of which we were conscious under this notion. Sir W. Hamilton.
2.
That which is subsumed, as the minor clause or premise of a syllogism.
But whether you see cause to go against the rule, or the
subsumption
under the rule. De Quincey.