\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.

      To subsume one proposition under another. --De Quincey.

      A principle under which one might subsume men's most
      strenuous efforts after righteousness.   --W. Pater.