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subsumer

Pronunciation: /syp.sy.me/

“subsumer” is a French word. Its meaning in English:

verb

  1. to subsume (to place under another as belonging to it)

In French

  1. Ranger un cas d’espèce sous un concept plus général.
  2. Transcender, ramener la diversité des données de l’intuition à l’unité des concepts purs de l’entendement.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin subsūmere, from sub- + sūmō (“take”).

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