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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. |
