a. rare. [ad. mod.L. subsumptīvus, f. subsumpt-, pa. ppl. stem of subsūmĕre to SUBSUME: see -IVE.] Involving subsumption.
1828. S. T. Bloomfield, Recensio Synoptica, V. 194. Though it may have what Schleusner calls the subsumptive force, i. e. jam vero.
a. 1834. Coleridge (Webster).
1884. trans. Lotzes Logic, 97. Circle in the subsumptive syllogism.