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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Generalize \Gen"er*al*ize\, v. i. To form into a genus; to view objects in their relations to a genus or class; to take general or comprehensive views. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Generalize \Gen"er*al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Generalized}; p. pr & vb n. {Generalizing}.] [Cf. F. g['e]n['e]raliser.] 1. To bring under a genus or under genera; to view in relation to a genus or to genera. 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. 2. 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 When a fact is generalized, our discontent is quited, and we consider the generality itself as tantamount to an explanation. --Sir W. Hamilton. 3. To derive or deduce (a general conception, or a general principle) from particulars. A mere conclusion generalized from a great multitude of facts. --Coleridge. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: generalize v 1: draw from specific cases for more general cases [syn: {generalise}, {extrapolate}, {infer}] 2: speak in generalities [syn: {generalise}] [ant: {specify}] 3: become systemic; spread throughout the body; of diseases and infections
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