Found 2 items, similar to subsume.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: subsume 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]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Subsume Subsume \Sub*sume"\, 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]