| Principle (principle) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Prin"ci*ple |
| [F. principe,
L. principium beginning, foundation, fr. princeps, -
cipis. See Prince.] |
Beginning;
commencement.
A source, or origin; that from which
anything proceeds; fundamental substance or energy; primordial
substance; ultimate element, or cause.
An original faculty or endowment.
A fundamental truth; a comprehensive law or
doctrine, from which others are derived, or on which others are
founded; a general truth; an elementary proposition; a maxim; an
axiom; a postulate.
A settled rule of action; a governing law
of conduct; an opinion or belief which exercises a directing influence
on the life and behavior; a rule (usually, a right rule) of conduct
consistently directing one's actions; as, a person of no
principle.
Any original inherent
constituent which characterizes a substance, or gives it its essential
properties, and which can usually be separated by analysis; -- applied
especially to drugs, plant extracts, etc.
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| Principle (principle) |
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| v. t. | (?) |
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| Prin"ci*ple |
| [imp. ***
p. p. Principled (?)] p. pr. *** vb.
n. Principling (?).] |
To equip with principles]
to establish, or fix, in certain principles; to impress with any
tenet, or rule of conduct, good or ill.
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