From HomoExcelsior

1. To reduce to a general form, class, or law. 2. To render indefinite or unspecific. 3. To infer from many particulars. 4. To draw inferences or a general conclusion from. 5. To make generally or universally applicable. 6. To popularize. 7. To form a concept inductively. 8. To form general notions or conclusions. 9. To deal in generalities; speak or write vaguely. 10. To spread through the body. Used of a usually localized disease.

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