Sub-sŭmp'tion, n.
n. 1. The act of subsuming, or of including under another. “Whether you see cause to go against the rule, or the subsumption under the rule.” De Quincey.
The first act of consciousness was a subsumption of that of which we were conscious under this notion. Sir W. Hamilton.
Sense 2. That which is subsumed; the minor clause or premise of a syllogism.