Subsume

v. t.

1.

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.

Verb	1.	subsume - contain or include; "This new system subsumes the old one"
	2.	subsume - consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle Synonyms: colligate

affect, assume, bring, call for, comprehend, comprise, contain, embody, embrace, encompass, entail, have, implicate, imply, involve, lead to, presume, presuppose, require, take, take in