[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

subsume \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. --de quincey.
   1913 webster

         a principle under which one might subsume men's most
         strenuous efforts after righteousness.   --w. pater.
   1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

subsume
     v 1: contain or include; "this new system subsumes the old one"
     2: consider an instance of something as part of a general
        rule or principle syn: colligate
see also:
colligate 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

21 moby thesaurus words for "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

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