To render general; make more general; bring under a general description or notion; treat or apply generically.To infer inductively, as a general rule from a particular case or set of facts.In mathematics, to modify, as a proposition, so as to obtain a wider proposition from which the former can be immediately deduced. See generalization, 3To recognize that two or more objects have a common character; to form a general notion.To reason inductively, from particular cases to general rules comprehending those cases.Also spelled generalise.In painting, to render large and typical characteristics rather than details.