General

jen'er-al, a. Eelating to a genus or pert, to a whole cla or order; comprehending many species or individuals; not limited to a or detailed import; lax in signification; spread; prevalent; extensive, though not universal: haying a relation to all; common to the whole. n. The whole; the total, — used in pi., or in with the definite article; the chief or superior in an administration; esp., one of the chief military officers of a country. — Generally, adv. In eral; commonly; upon the whole. — Gen'eralne , n. Condition or quality of being general; frequency; commonne . — Generality, -T-tl, n. State of general; that which is general; a vague statement or phrase; the main body, bulk, greatest Generalize, v. t. [-ized (-izd), -izing.] To under a genus or genera; to use with a more sive application; to make universal in application, as a formula or rule; to derive, as a genus, general conception, or general principle. — v. form cla es or genera; to take general or comprehensive views.