Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Generalized \Gen"er*al*ized\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
   Comprising structural characters which are separated in more
   specialized forms; synthetic; as, a generalized type.

Generalize \Gen"er*al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Generalized};
   p. pr. & vb. n. {Generalizing}.] [Cf. F. g['e]n['e]raliser.]
   1. To bring under a genus or under genera; to view in
      relation to a genus or to genera.

            Copernicus generalized the celestial motions by
            merely referring them to the moon's motion. Newton
            generalized them still more by referring this last
            to the motion of a stone through the air. --W.
                                                  Nicholson.

   2. To apply to other genera or classes; to use with a more
      extensive application; to extend so as to include all
      special cases; to make universal in application, as a
      formula or rule.

            When a fact is generalized, our discontent is
            quited, and we consider the generality itself as
            tantamount to an explanation.         --Sir W.
                                                  Hamilton.

   3. To derive or deduce (a general conception, or a general
      principle) from particulars.

            A mere conclusion generalized from a great multitude
            of facts.                             --Coleridge.

Source : WordNet®

generalized
     adj 1: not biologically differentiated or adapted to a specific
            function or environment; "the hedgehog is a primitive
            and generalized mammal" [syn: {generalised}]
     2: made general; widely prevalent; "a problem of generalized
        human needs"; "a state of generalized discontent" [syn: {generalised}]
     3: spread throughout a body or system; "generalized edema"
        [syn: {generalised}]