sub·sume /səbˈsum/
(v.)包容;包含;包括
Sub·sume v. t. 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.
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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]