"General" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
Pertaining to, or designat-ing, the genus or class, as distinguished from that which characterizes the species or indi-vidual. Universal, not particularized; as op-posed to special. Principal or central; as opposed to local, open or available to all, as opposed to select, obtaining commonly, or recognized universally; as opposed to par-ticular. Universal or unbounded; as oppos-ed to limited. Comprehending the whole, or directed to the whole; as distinguished from anything applying to or designed for a por-tion only
The roll of the drum which calls the troops together; as,
to beat the general.
Having a relation to all; common to the whole; as, Adam,
our general sire.
Not restrained or limited to a precise import; not
specific; vague; indefinite; lax in signification; as, a loose and
general expression.
Comprehending many species or individuals; not special or
particular; including all particulars; as, a general inference or
conclusion.
Relating to a genus or kind; pertaining to a whole class
or order; as, a general law of animal or vegetable economy.
The public; the people; the vulgar.
Common to many, or the greatest number; widely spread;
prevalent; extensive, though not universal; as, a general opinion; a
general custom.
The chief of an order of monks, or of all the houses or
congregations under the same rule.
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.
The whole; the total; that which comprehends or relates to
all, or the chief part; -- opposed to particular.
Usual; common, on most occasions; as, his general habit or
method.
As a whole; in gross; for the most part.
And no wonder; for the new technique of "subliminal projection," as it was called, was intimately associated with mass entertainment, and in the life of civilized human beings massed entertainment now plays a part comparable to that played in the Middle Ages be religion.
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Resulting from the mental faculty of abstraction; general as opposed to particular; as, \"reptile\" is an abstract or general name.
Read the complete definitionConformity of words to the genius, structure, or general rules of a language; similarity of origin, inflection, or principle of …
Read the complete definitionSomething incidental to the main subject, but of less importance; opposed to an essential; -- generally in the plural; as, …
Read the complete definitionApplied to a specific object; special; particular; -- opposed to general. See Abstract, 3.
Read the complete definitionA body which, in solution, diffuses readily through animal membranes, and generally is capable of being crystallized; -- opposed to …
Read the complete definitionRepresented or formed by depressions in the general surface; as, diaglyphic sculpture or engraving; -- opposed to anaglyphic.
Read the complete definitionA provision ln a statute, rule of procedure, or the like, ls sald to be dlrectory when lt is to …
Read the complete definitionOne of an ancient sect of physicians who went by general principles; -- opposed to the Empiric.
Read the complete definitionThe extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, …
Read the complete definitionDesigned for, and understood by, the specially initiated alone; not communicated, or not intelligible, to the general body of followers; …
Read the complete definitionThe doctrine that experience, either that ourselves or of others, is the test or criterion of general knowledge; -- opposed …
Read the complete definitionOriginally, a nickname for a member of the conservative section of the Democratic party in New York; hence, one opposed …
Read the complete definitionMerchandise imported, or brought into a country from without its boundaries; -- generally in the plural, opposed to exports.
Read the complete definitionThe collective attributes, qualities, or marks that make up a complex general notion; the comprehension, content, or connotation; -- opposed …
Read the complete definitionkumbinyu n out-of-court settlement. abugádu di- lawyer with no business: so called because of the practice for such lawyers to …
Read the complete definitionláwas n {1} body of human or animal. taput the clothes on ones back. Ang ákung nasalbr sa súnug ang …
Read the complete definitionAny combination of qualities or relations, considered apart from the substance to which they belong, and treated as entities; more …
Read the complete definitionProducing young from rggs; as, an oviparous animal, in which the egg is generally separated from the animal, and hatched …
Read the complete definitionA restatement of a text, passage, or work, expressing the meaning of the original in another form, generally for the …
Read the complete definitionThis term, as nsed fn law, is almost always opposed to “general,” and means either individual, local, partial, special, or …
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