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tranflations from the Hel icw of the Sef/e?' Olnm Rabha, 
and the Seder Olam Zuta, or the (Greater and Ltfl’er C'lifo- 
nology of the Jews; A Dif'onrfe againlt Jofeph Abo, 
David Kiiiiohi, and anothei Jew, who oi'j’Ofed tome ar¬ 
ticles of the Chriltian Relig'on, tr.Millations t-i Da¬ 
vid Kimehi’s treatife On the Meafuii.' of fiebretv Verl'e, 
of Commentaries on the Canticles I'y R. R. Salomon 
Jarchi, Abraham Aben Ezra, and an anonymoi’S Au¬ 
thor, and of Extracts from Maimonides, Elias I^cvita, 
Jacob Ben Soh/inon, &c. An Introdudtion to the Read¬ 
ing of Hebiew and the oiher Eaftcrn Languages withotit 
Points; Notes upon the Hebrew Grammar; tranflations 
from the Greek into Latin of feveral Liturgies, of A 
Treatife of Zecharias Mitylenenfis againfi the Philofo- 
jrliers who f.,y that the WTrld is eternal, of Origen’s 
Philocalia, See. an edition of Oiigen’s Works, with a La¬ 
tin ver/ioo, 1578 ; and a tranflation into French of The 
Works of Jolcphus, in two vols. Svo. 
GEN'ERABLE, ad.j, [from Lat.] That may 
be produced or begotten. 
GENERAC', a town of France, in the department 
of th.e Gard : five miles fouth of Nimes. 
GEN'ERAL, adj. \_^encral, Fr. generalis, Lat.] Com¬ 
prehending mary fpecieS or individuals; not ijecial; 
not patlicular.;—To conclude from particulars to^^ewera/i- 
is a talfe way of arguing. Broome.- —Lax in fignification ; 
not retrained to any fpecial or particular import.— 
Where the author fpeaks more flriefly and particularly 
on any theme, it will exj'lain the more loofe \.\n<X general 
expreflions. IVatts .-—Not retrained by narrow or dif- 
tinclive limitations.-—A general idea is an idea in the 
mind, confidered there as feparated from time and place, 
and fo capable to reprefent any particular being tliat is 
conformable to it. Locke. —Relating to a whole clafs or 
body of men, or avvhole kind of any being.—They, be- 
caufe fome have been admitted without trial, make fhat 
fault general which is particular. Whitgifte.-d-)d\.\\)\\c\ 
comprifing the whole: 
Nor tail’d they to exprefs how much they prais’d, 
That for the general fafety lie defpis’d 
His own. Milion. 
Not direfted to any fingle objeft.— If the fame thing be 
pieculiarly evil, that ^f/7fr<7/averlion will be turned into 
a particular hatred againft it. tiaving relation 
to all : 
The wall of Paradife upfprung. 
Which to om-general fire gave profpefft’large 
Into his nether empire neighb’ring round. Milton. 
Extennve, though not univerfal. Common ; ufual : 
I’ve been bold. 
For that I knew it the moB. general w'ay. Shakefpeare. 
Gfttera/is appended to feveral offices : as, Attorney General, 
Solicitor General, Vicar General, Set. 
GEN'ERAL, y. The whole; the totality ; the main, 
without infilling on particulars.-—In particulars our 
knowledge begins, and fo fpreads itfelf by degrees to 
generals. Locke. —An hiftory painter paints man in^««fra/; 
a portrait painter a particular man, and confequently a 
defedtive model. Reynolds. —The public ; the interell of 
the whole. Not in vfe': 
Neither my place, nor aught I heard of bufinefs, 
Hath rais’d me from my bed ; nor doth the general 
Take hold on me ; for my particular grief 
Ingluts and fwallows other forrows. Shakefpeare. 
The vulgar. Notin ufe. —The play, I remember, pleafed 
not the million; ’twas caviare to x\\e general; but it was, 
as I received it, and others, whole judgment in fuch 
matters‘cried in the top of mine, an excellent play. 
Shakefpeare. —One that has the command over an army : 
The war’s whole art each private foldier knows, 
And with a general’s love of conquelt glows. Addifon, 
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GEN'ERAL IS'SUE, in law, a plea to the fadt of 
Not Guilty, in ciimiual cafes, in order to trial by (he 
,coumr\', or by peers, &.-c. //. P.C. 254. In civil fuits, 
there are various pleas, which are general ifi'ucs, ac¬ 
cording to the fpecies of ihe action. See the article 
pLE.-tDlNG. 
GKNERA'LE, f. The ufual commons in a religious 
hoiife ; a flourifli on the drum to allemble the troops. 
To GEN'ERALIjsE, v.a. [frotn (je/ifruh's, Lat.] To 
red'uce to a genus.—Sometimes the name of an indivi¬ 
dual is given to a general conception, and thereby the 
individual in a manner R-:id. 
GENERALIS'SIMO, f. '[generalfinie, Fr. from ^(f- 
ncral.'\ The fupreme comtnander. It is often rather a 
title ol honour than office.—Ponipey had deferved the 
name ot great; and Alexander, of the lame cognomina- 
tion, was gencraUfimo of Greece. Brown. 
GENERAL'ITY, f. \_gencralite, Fr. from general.'] 
The date of being general; the qtiality of including 
IpeCies or particulars.—Becaufe the ctiriolity of man’s 
wit doth w'ith peril wade further in the fe-arch of things 
tlian were convenient, the fame is thereby redrtiined unto 
Inch generalities as, every where offering themfelves, are. 
a; parent to men of the weakelt conceit. Hooker. —The 
main body ; the bulk ; the common mals.—By his own 
principles he excludes from falvation \hc generality oi 
his own church ; that is, all that do not believe upon his 
grounds. Tillotfon. —The wiled were didradted with 
doubts, while the wandered witliout any ruler. 
Rogers. 
GhiN'ERALLY, adv. [from general.] In general; 
without fpecification or exadt limitation.—I am not a 
woman to be touch’d with fo many giddy fancies as he 
h.tsXh generally taxed their whole lex withal. Shakefpeare. 
— Extenfively, though not univerlally. Commonly ; 
frequently. In the main; vrithout minute detail; intiie- 
whole taken together. ^—Generally fpeaking, perfohs de- 
ligned for long life, though in their former years they 
werelmall eaters, yet find their appetites encreafe with 
their age. Blackmore. 
GEN'ERALNESS, y. Wide extent; though fliort of' 
univerfality ; frequency ; commonnefs.—They had, with 
a general confent, rat.her fpringing by the generalnefs of 
the caufe than of any artificial pradtice, fet themfelves 
in arms. Sidney. 
GlfN'ERALSFIIP, y. The office of a general com¬ 
mander, the manoeuvres of a general in the command of 
an army ; Ikill; dexterity. 
GEN'ERALTY,y. Theofficeof general. The whole; 
the totality.—The municipal laws of this kingdom are 
of a vad extent, and include in xhe'ir generalty all thofe 
leveral laws which are allowed as the rule of judiceand 
judicial proceedings. Hale. 
GEN'ERANT, adj. [^genera, Lat. to produce.] Pro¬ 
ducing, begetting. 
GEN'ERAN'r,y [_generans, Loit.] The begetting or 
produdtive power.—In fuch pretended generations the 
generant or adfive principle is fuppofed to be the fun, 
which, being an inanimate body, cannot adl otherwife 
than by his heat. Ray. 
ToGEN'ERATE, v. a. \_genero, Lat.] To beget; to 
propagate.—Thofe creatures which being wild generate 
feldom, being tame generate often. Bacon. —To produce 
to life ; to procreate : 
God created the great whales, and each 
Soul living, each that crept, which plenteoufly 
The waters by their kinds. ' Milton. 
To caufe; to produce.—Sounds are generated where 
there is no air at all. Bacon. —Whatever a quan¬ 
tity of good chyle, mud likewife milk. Arbv.thnot. 
GENERA'TION, y \_tvom generate •, generation, Fr. ] 
The aid of begetting or producing..—Seals make excel¬ 
lent impreffions ; and fo it may be thought of founds in 
tlteir fil'd generation : but then the dilation of them, with- 
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