/ səbˈsjuːm; NAmE -ˈsuːm/ verb
[ vn + adv. / prep. ] [ usually passive ] ( formal ) to include sth in a particular group and not consider it separately :
All these different ideas can be subsumed under just two broad categories.
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 16th cent. (in the sense add ): from medieval Latin subsumere , from sub- from below + sumere take. The current sense dates from the early 19th cent.