supersume

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To include or subsume into a higher-level concept.
    — Early Roman-Dutch law contained an offense, or a complex of offenses, variously termed sodomie, onkuisheid tegen de natuur (lewdness against nature) or, in Latin, venus monstrosa. The word sodomie came to supersume or include the other two: it was, however, broadly defined. As a 1987 Zimbabwean High Court decision declared, reflecting on the development of the term: systems. Under the influence of British rule (since the United Kingdom[…]

词形变化

supersumes present,singular,third-person supersuming participle,present supersumed participle,past supersumed past
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