The verb has 4 meanings:
Meaning #1:
speak or write in generalities
Synonym: generalize
Meaning #2:
draw from specific cases for more general cases
Synonyms: generalize, extrapolate, infer
Meaning #3:
cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use
Synonyms: popularize, popularise, vulgarize, vulgarise, generalize
Meaning #4:
become systemic; spread throughout the body; of diseases and infections
Synonym: generalize
