Generification

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Generification \Ge*ner`i*fi*ca"tion\, n. [L. genus kind, class +
     -ficare (in comp.) to make. See {-fy}.]
     The act or process of generalizing.
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           Out of this the universal is elaborated by


           generification.                          --Sir W.
                                                    Hamilton.
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