generalize
     v 1: draw from specific cases for more general cases [syn: {generalise},
           {extrapolate}, {infer}]
     2: speak or write in generalities [syn: {generalise}] [ant: {specify}]
     3: cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the
        general public; bring into general or common use; "They
        popularized coffee in Washington State"; "Relativity
        Theory was vulgarized by these authors" [syn: {popularize},
         {popularise}, {vulgarize}, {vulgarise}, {generalise}]
     4: become systemic and spread throughout the body; "this kind
        of infection generalizes throughout the immune system"
        [syn: {generalise}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0