Defn: Subsultory. [R.] Berkley.
SUBSULTORY Sub*sul"to*ry, a. Etym: [L. subsilire, subsultum, to spring up; sub under + salire to leap.]
Defn: Bounding; leaping; moving by sudden leaps or starts. [R.] — Sub*sul"to*ri*ly, adv. [R.] Flippancy opposed to solemnity, the subsultory to the continuous, — these are the two frequent extremities to which the French manner betrays men. De Quincey.
SUBSULTUS
Sub*sul"tus, n. Etym: [NL. See Subsultory.] (Med.)
Defn: A starting, twitching, or convulsive motion.
SUBSUMABLE
Sub*sum"a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being subsumed. J. B. Stallo.
SUBSUME
Sub*sume", v. t. Etym: [Pref. sub- + L. sumere to take.]
Defn: To take up into or under, as individual under species, species under genus, or particular under universal; to place (any one cognition) under another as belonging to it; to include under something else. To subsume one proposition under another. De Quincey. A principle under which one might subsume men's most strenuous efforts after righteousness. W. Pater.
SUBSUMPTION
Sub*sump"tion, n.