Subsume

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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           To subsume one proposition under another. --De Quincey.
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           A principle under which one might subsume men's most
           strenuous efforts after righteousness.   --W. Pater.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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