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subsumption (iou) and insition (iou)


subsumption (iou)



subsumption noun. M17.
[medieval Latin subsumptio(n-), from subsumpt- pa. ppl stem of subsumere: see SUBSUME, -ION.]
Logic. A proposition subsumed under another; a minor premiss. M17.
b. Scots Law (now Hist.). An account of an alleged crime. More fully subsumption of the libel. M17.
The action or an act of subsuming something; the bringing of a concept etc. under a General term or a wider concept; the instancing of a case under a rule, category, etc. M17.
Creative Camera The complete subsumption of creative Photography under the rubric of pictorialism.

insition (iou)



insition noun.LME-M19.
[Latin insitio(n-), from insit- pa. ppl stem of inserere engraft, formed as IN-2 + serere sow, plant: see -ITION.]
The action of engrafting, engraftment, a graft, (lit. & fig.).