general sb. (the military sense is used fig. in Gent. IV. i. 61, LLL. III. i. 195 [187], Rom. V. iii. 219 “ of your woes,” Sonn. cliv. 7)
1.
“the
general,” the whole Troil. I. iii. 342.
2.
people in general,
the public, the multitude Cæs. II. i.
12, Ham. II. ii.
466 [457] “'twas caviare to the ”
3.
that which is common
to all
Troil. I. iii. 180
“Severals and generals
of grace.”
4.
in general, (i) in a body,
collectively; universally, without exception
1H4 IV. iii. 26
“So are the horses of
the enemy In ,”
Troil. IV. v. 21 (i.e.
by all), Cæs. IV. ii. 29,
Lucr. 1484; (ii) in all
respects
Per. V. i. 185
“Most wise in ”
; (iii) generally
Cæs. II. ii. 29
“to the world in general
as to Cæsar.”
