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 ]