general adj.:
1.
all, all collectively, whole
1H4 III. ii. 178
“Our forces,”
1H6 IV. iv. 3
“all our force,”
Troil. V. ii. 129
“the sex”
(=all womenkind), Lr. I. iv.
65,
Oth. III. iii. 346
“the general
camp.”
2.
relating to the whole
people, common, public 2H4 IV. i.
94,
Cæs. III. ii. 95
“the coffers,”
Ham. II. ii. 597 [589] “cleave to the ear with horrid
speech.”
