Attorney-general :: Attorney-general (n.) The chief law officer of the state, empowered to act in all litigation in which the law-executing power is a party, and to advise this supreme executive whenever required..

Brigadier General :: Brigadier general () An officer in rank next above a colonel, and below a major general. He commands a brigade, and is sometimes called, by a shortening of his title, simple a brigadier..

General :: General (a.) Relating to a genus or kind; pertaining to a whole class or order; as, a general law of animal or vegetable economy..

General :: General (a.) Comprehending many species or individuals; not special or particular; including all particulars; as, a general inference or conclusion..

General :: General (a.) Not restrained or limited to a precise import; not specific; vague; indefinite; lax in signification; as, a loose and general expression..

General :: General (a.) Common to many, or the greatest number; widely spread; prevalent; extensive, though not universal; as, a general opinion; a general custom..

General :: General (a.) Having a relation to all; common to the whole; as, Adam, our general sire..

General :: General (a.) As a whole; in gross; for the most part.

General :: General (a.) Usual; common, on most occasions; as, his general habit or method..

General :: General (a.) The whole; the total; that which comprehends or relates to all, or the chief part; -- opposed to particular..

General :: General (a.) One of the chief military officers of a government or country; the commander of an army, of a body of men not less than a brigade. In European armies, the highest military rank next below field marshal..

General :: General (a.) The roll of the drum which calls the troops together; as, to beat the general..

General :: General (a.) The chief of an order of monks, or of all the houses or congregations under the same rule..

General :: General (a.) The public; the people; the vulgar.

Generalia :: Generalia (n. pl.) Generalities; general terms.

Generalissimo :: Generalissimo (a.) The chief commander of an army; especially, the commander in chief of an army consisting of two or more grand divisions under separate commanders; -- a title used in most foreign countries..

Generalities :: Generalities (pl. ) of Generalit.

Generality :: Generality (n.) The state of being general; the quality of including species or particulars.

Generality :: Generality (n.) That which is general; that which lacks specificalness, practicalness, or application; a general or vague statement or phrase..

Generality :: Generality (n.) The main body; the bulk; the greatest part; as, the generality of a nation, or of mankind..

Generalizable :: Generalizable (a.) Capable of being generalized, or reduced to a general form of statement, or brought under a general rule..

Generalization :: Generalization (n.) The act or process of generalizing; the act of bringing individuals or particulars under a genus or class; deduction of a general principle from particulars.

Generalization :: Generalization (n.) A general inference.

Generalize :: Generalize (v. t.) To bring under a genus or under genera; to view in relation to a genus or to genera.

Generalize :: Generalize (v. t.) To apply to other genera or classes; to use with a more extensive application; to extend so as to include all special cases; to make universal in application, as a formula or rule..

Generalize :: Generalize (v. t.) To derive or deduce (a general conception, or a general principle) from particulars..

Generalize :: Generalize (v. i.) To form into a genus; to view objects in their relations to a genus or class; to take general or comprehensive views.

Generalized :: Generalized (imp. & p. p.) of Generaliz.

Generalized :: Generalized (a.) Comprising structural characters which are separated in more specialized forms; synthetic; as, a generalized type..

Generalizer :: Generalizer (n.) One who takes general or comprehensive views.

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