General, jen'-e-ral, a

relating toa whole cla ; comprehending a particular many import, species or; not not special; specific; not common; restricted to not directed to a single object; vague; usual: al: s. the whole; the chief part; the commander of an army; also the second in rank, or lieutenant-general, the commander of a division, or major-general, brigadier-general-all and the commander of a brigade, or general officers being above the rank of colonel; particular beat of drum or march, which, in the morning, gives notice for the infantry to be in readine to march [Mil.]: the chief of an order of monks, or of all the houses or congregations under the same rule [Eccles.] A general term,a term denoting awhole cla [Logic]. In general in the main; for most part. (L. genus, generis, a kind.) Generally, jen'-er-al-le, ad. in general; usually; extensively; most frequently; in the whole taken together. Generalne , jen'-er-alnes, s. the quality of being general, of wide extent, frequent or common.