generall

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A form of general — Including or involving every part or member of a given or implied entity, whole, etc.; common to all, universal.

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Meanings

adjective
  1. archaicArchaic spelling of general.

    Centurions, and l. peticapitaines: I would then apoinet a generall hed, over all the main battaile: I would that every Conestable should have an Ansigne, and a Drum.

    1560, Peter Whitehorne, Machiavelli, Volume I
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    Moreover it seemeth that Gonzalvo de Oviedo, a famous Spanish writer, alludeth unto the sayde voyage in the beginning of the 13. chapter of the 19. booke of his generall and natural historie of the West Indies, agreeing very well with the time about which Richard Eden writeth that the foresayd voyage was begun.

    1526, Robert Kerr, A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume VI

    And because it is so, S. Peter in his first canonicall or generall epistle, forbiddeth that women should appeare, shew, and sett out themselues by theyr apparayle and neatnes.

    1581, anonymous author, A Treatise Of Daunses

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APA

generall. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/generall

MLA

“generall.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/generall. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “generall,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/generall.

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