subsume
verb (used with object)
to consider or include (an idea, term, proposition, etc.) as part of a more comprehensive one.
are subsuming
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present progressiveof subsume.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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When we say that every force in nature is to be thought of as Will, we are subsuming an unknown under a known.
From Schopenhauer by Thomas Whittaker
