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What is the verb for general?

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generalize
  1. To speak in generalities, or in vague terms.
  2. To infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles.
  3. To derive or deduce (a general concept or principle) from particular facts.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “It is cruel to generalize unfairly, condemning all because of a few.”
      “Shang chose to generalize his conclusion from six conventional trials and eight homeopathic trials.”
      “Anthologies like this one invite us to generalize about differences between U.S. and U.K. poetics.”
generalise
  1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of generalize.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Arguably, it is not appropriate to generalise to other probiotics advocated to prevent vulvovaginitis.”
      “If I can be so bold as to generalise, relief centres are as grim as they are hectic.”
      “This widely publicised view of today's youth unfortunately makes some people generalise and view all teenagers in the same light.”
generalised
  1. simple past tense and past participle of generalise
generalized
genericized
  1. simple past tense and past participle of genericize
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general
  1. to lead (soldiers) as a general
genericise
  1. (Britain) Alternative form of genericize
generify
  1. (computing) To make generic.
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genericize
  1. (transitive) To make generic.
    1. (law, transitive) To turn into a genericized trademark.
    2. (programming) To make more generic: usable in more contexts.
    3. (transitive) To make generic: bland.
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generalizes
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of generalize
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Without naming a specific offender he generalizes about bloggers for 1,300 gassy words.”
      “Narrator: She generalizes, talks about people remembering the emotional pain, and says that many people have gone through this.”
      “The GLM generalizes linear regression by allowing a link function and by allowing the variance to depend on the mean.”
generalises
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of generalise
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Many modern asteroids with similar large disks are feeding generalises living on unconsolidated substrates.”
      “More contentiously, I think that this point generalises to many left wing positions.”
      “This result generalises a number of decidability results concerning bisimilarity, for example for counter automata, or PDA without state.”
genericises
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of genericise
genericizes
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of genericize
  2. Synonyms:
genericised
  1. simple past tense and past participle of genericise
generaled
  1. simple past tense and past participle of general
generalled
  1. simple past tense and past participle of general
generalising
  1. present participle of generalise
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  3. Examples:
    1. “These conclusions were reached by applying an impressionistic methodology involving generalising from a few cases.”
      “This may reflect differences in forest ecology or between monkeys, but it does suggest caution about generalising from over simple models.”
      “And to start generalising about the supposed shortcomings of the next generation is an unmistakable symptom of fogeyism.”
genericising
  1. present participle of genericise
generalizing
  1. present participle of generalize
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  3. Examples:
    1. “By generalizing the Onsager transport model we derived a set of equations that rationalize all pertinent observations.”
      “He begins his analysis by simplifying and generalizing the problem, dispensing with the surveyor's vocabulary of perches and chains and bearings.”
      “I know I'm generalizing, but this show puts these tendencies under the microscope.”
genericizing
  1. present participle of genericize
  2. Synonyms:
generaling
  1. present participle of general
generalling
  1. present participle of general
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