general
/ˈd͡ʒɛn.(ə.)ɹəl/ verb C2- To lead (soldiers) as a general.
He/she/it generals · Past generaled · Past participle generaled · -ing form generaling
Verb forms
- Base form
- general
- He/she/it
- generals
- Past
- generaled
- Past participle
- generaled
- -ing form
- generaling
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“Come, come,” said the sailor, “I have a better opinion than you of women in general, and of Mercédès in particular; and I am certain that, captain or not, she will remain ever faithful to me.”
“And how do you consider that all this bears upon the general case?”
“What news?” exclaimed a general burst of voices.
A general exclamation of surprise ran round the table, with the exception of the elder Dantès, whose laugh displayed the still perfect beauty of his large white teeth.
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