generalize
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EnglishEdit
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- generalise (non-Oxford British spelling)
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generalize (third-person singular simple present generalizes, present participle generalizing, simple past and past participle generalized)
- To speak in generalities, or in vague terms.
- To infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles.
- W. Nicholson
- Copernicus generalized the celestial motions by merely referring them to the moon's motion. Newton generalized them still more by referring this last to the motion of a stone through the air.
- W. Nicholson
- To derive or deduce (a general concept or principle) from particular facts.
- Coleridge
- A mere conclusion generalized from a great multitude of facts.
- Coleridge
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to speak in generalities, or in vague terms
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to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles
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to spread throughout the body and become systemic
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to derive or deduce from particular facts