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Adapted From: WordNet 2.0 Copyright 2003 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

subsume
A	verb
	1	subsume, colligate
				consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle
		Category Tree: think; cogitate; cerebrate +judge +think; believe; consider; conceive +see; consider; reckon; view; regard +include +subsume, colligate
	2	subsume
				contain or include; "This new system subsumes the old one"
		Category Tree: include +subsume

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subthalamic nucleus

Clear as mud TED. BTW, does the mud you throw come from the banks of the Chappaquiddick?

[texianyankee]

I very much appreciate all that effort you took to direct me towards the word, "subsume." Believe it or not, I am a college graduate but I never heard of it before.

You really didnt have to go to all that trouble.

I wont forget it...... LOL!