subsume

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: sub=sume

CIDE DICTIONARY

subsume, v. t. [Pref. sub- + L. sumere to take.].

 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.  [1913 Webster]
"To subsume one proposition under another."  [1913 Webster]
"A principle under which one might subsume men's most strenuous efforts after righteousness."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

subsume, v.tr. (usu. foll. by under) include (an instance, idea, category, etc.) in a rule, class, category, etc.

Derivative

subsumable adj. subsumption n.

Etymology

med.L subsumere (as SUB-, sumere sumpt- take)

THESAURUS

subsume

affect, assume, bring, call for, comprehend, comprise, contain, embody, embrace, encompass, entail, have, implicate, imply, involve, lead to, presume, presuppose, require, take, take in