'Subsume' definitions:
Definition of 'subsume'
(from WordNet)
verb
Contain or include; "This new system subsumes the old one"
verb
Consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle [syn: subsume, colligate]
Definition of 'Subsume'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'subsume'
From: Moby Thesaurus