SUBSUME
subsume, colligate
(verb) consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle
subsume
(verb) contain or include; โThis new system subsumes the old oneโ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
subsume (third-person singular simple present subsumes, present participle subsuming, simple past and past participle subsumed)
To place (any one cognition) under another as belonging to it; to include or contain something else.
To consider an occurrence as part of a principle or rule; to colligate
Source: Wiktionary
Sub*sume", v. t. Etym: [Pref. sub- + L. sumere to take.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition