Even in African-American usage, where the later slang developments of cool would percolate, nothing definitive has been found to establish it as a general term of approval before the 20th century.
To predicate a general term of something is to distinguish it as similar to, or of a kind (lei) with, other things denoted by that term.
They want Madame to be de-coupled from the idea of a married woman or wife to become, like Monsieur, a general term of address.
In both, it seems to refer to "proceeding" from predicating a general term of familiar paradigms of a thing to predicating it in novel, unfamiliar cases, on the grounds that the novel cases are relevantly similar to the paradigms.
Due to the stability of the adjacent upper surface, the portion of LP curve on the left side of ZH is also a saddle-node branch (limit point is a general term of which saddle node is a special case).
Retard is an offensive reference to a mentally handicapped person, according to the Apple dictionary, often used as a general term of abuse.
A biocide is a general term of describing chemical agents that inactivate microorganisms.
Dyspnea, a general term for end-of-life breathing difficulties, can affect your ability to comfortably communicate, leading to frustration and discomfort.
Talking to the BBC's Jeremy Vine, Cameron argued that the "dark net", a general term for areas of the internet not accessible through search engines, was policeable.
Separately, David Cameron said the "dark net", a general term for areas of the internet not accessible through search engines, was policeable.
