a. rare. [ad. mod.L. subsumptīvus, f. subsumpt-, pa. ppl. stem of subsūmĕre to SUBSUME: see -IVE.] Involving subsumption.

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1828.  S. T. Bloomfield, Recensio Synoptica, V. 194. Though it may have what Schleusner calls the subsumptive force, i. e. jam vero.

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a. 1834.  Coleridge (Webster).

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1884.  trans. Lotze’s Logic, 97. Circle in the subsumptive syllogism.

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