generalize

Words with a similar base: generalize

'generalize'

[generalize.v.01] as in: draw from specific cases for more general cases

'generalize'

[generalize.v.02] as in: speak or write in generalities

'generalize'

[popularize.v.01] as in: cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use

Examples:
They popularized coffee in Washington State
Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors

'generalize'

[generalize.v.04] as in: become systemic and spread throughout the body

Examples:
this kind of infection generalizes throughout the immune system

Origins

					generalize (English)
├── -ize (English)
│   └── -isen (Middle English (1100-1500))
│       └── -iser (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
│           └── -izare (Latin)
│               └── -ιζειν (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
└── general (English)
    └── general (Anglo-Norman)

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