subsume

1. v. t. 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. Source: opted

2. v. contain or include Source: wordnet

3. v. consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle Source: wordnet

4. 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. Source: webster

5. To take up into or under, as individual under species, speciesunder genus, or particular under universal; to place (any onecognition) under another as belonging to it; to include undersomething else.To subsume one proposition under another. De Quincey.A principle under which one might subsume men's most strenuousefforts after righteousness. W. Pater. Source: adambom

6. v:100 v. contain or include v. consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle Source: ecdict

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