generalise

verb

become systemic and spread throughout the body

cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public

draw from specific cases for more general cases

speak or write in generalities

Roots

genusgener- · Latin · kind, class alis-al · Latin · pertaining to izein-ise · Greek · to make into

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