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Relating to a genus or kind; pertaining to a whole class
or order; as, a general law of animal or vegetable economy. |
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Comprehending many species or individuals; not special or
particular; including all particulars; as, a general inference or
conclusion. |
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Not restrained or limited to a precise import; not
specific; vague; indefinite; lax in signification; as, a loose and
general expression. |
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Common to many, or the greatest number; widely spread;
prevalent; extensive, though not universal; as, a general opinion; a
general custom. |
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Having a relation to all; common to the whole; as, Adam,
our general sire. |
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As a whole; in gross; for the most part. |
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Usual; common, on most occasions; as, his general habit or
method. |
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The whole; the total; that which comprehends or relates to
all, or the chief part; -- opposed to particular. |
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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. |
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The roll of the drum which calls the troops together; as,
to beat the general. |
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The chief of an order of monks, or of all the houses or
congregations under the same rule. |
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The public; the people; the vulgar. |
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