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- adjective Archaic spelling of
general .
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Examples
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A quarter of a mile on this side of the town I stood on a high banck from whence the prospect of ye Citty of Exeter was very pleasant, Could see it to great advantage, ye Cathedrall and other Churches Spires wth ye whole town, wch in generall is well built, wth ye good Bridge over ye Ex, wch is a fine river on whose Banckes are severall Rows of trees all below the town.
Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary 1888
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Gou'rnor and the gretest p'rte of the Magestrats see cause vppon any spetiall occation to call a generall Courte, they may giue order to the secretary soe to doe w'thin fowerteene dayes warneing; and if vrgent necessity so require, vppon a shorter notice, giueing sufficient grownds for yt to the deputyes when they meete, or els be questioned for the same; And if the Gou'rnor and Mayor p'rte of
Civil Government in the United States Considered with Some Reference to Its Origins John Fiske 1871
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King mindethe shortly to send to this new Pope [Pius IV.], for the renewing of the same league; _th 'end wherof was to constraine the rest of christiendome, being protestants, to receive the Pope's authorité and his religion_; and therupon to call a generall counsaill. "
The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) Henry Martyn Baird
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Of course Americans will generall do better on a cultural specific test designed for their culture rather than Mexicans.
Matthew Yglesias » Jessica Valenti on Anti-Feminists and So-Called “Hook-up Culture” 2009
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In the primary, one has to appeal to the extremes, wheras in the generall election, one has to win the swing voters in the middle, while maintaining just enough energy from the extreme.
The Early Word: July 4th Edition - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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The first general officer, he writes on his website, Wordorigins.org, was a “capteyn generall, an officer who had authority over the other captains, or commanders, in an army; in other words, the commander-in-chief.”
The Grammarphobia Blog » Blog Archive » Was Elena Kagan a general? 2010
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Given that these guys generall get "older very fast" when they are in office, who would want to get MCain to the Oval Office and risk the prospect of an aging president!
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Others, and the generall, are sober and grave, and yet chearfull in a meane, and as ready to begin a Salutation as to Resalute, which yet the English generally begin, out of desire to Civilize them.
An Amazon.com Books Blog featuring news, reviews, interviews and guest author blogs. 2008
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Given that these guys generall get "older very fast" when they are in office, who would want to get MCain to the Oval Office and risk the prospect of an aging president!
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Given that these guys generall get "older very fast" when they are in office, who would want to get MCain to the Oval Office and risk the prospect of an aging president!
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