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Synonyms
sub·sume (səb-sōōḿ)

[Medieval Latin subsūmere, Latin sub-, sub-, + Latin sūmere, to take.]

transitive verb: -sumed, -sum·ing, -sumes. 

To classify, include, or incorporate in a more comprehensive category or under a general principle: “The evolutionarily later always subsumes and includes the evolutionarily earlier” (Frederick Turner)

derivatives

sub·suḿa·ble
adjective