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Meaning of generalise

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  generalise
      v 1: speak or write in generalities [syn: {generalize},
           {generalise}] [ant: {particularise}, {particularize},
           {specialise}, {specialize}, {specify}]
      2: draw from specific cases for more general cases [syn:
         {generalize}, {generalise}, {extrapolate}, {infer}]
      3: cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the
         general public; bring into general or common use; "They
         popularized coffee in Washington State"; "Relativity Theory
         was vulgarized by these authors" [syn: {popularize},
         {popularise}, {vulgarize}, {vulgarise}, {generalize},
         {generalise}]
      4: become systemic and spread throughout the body; "this kind of
         infection generalizes throughout the immune system" [syn:
         {generalize}, {generalise}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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