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Prin"ci*ple (?), n. [F. principe, L. principium beginning, foundation, fr. princeps, -cipis. See Prince.] 1. Beginning; commencement. [Obs.]
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Doubting sad end of principle unsound. Spenser.
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2. A source, or origin; that from which anything proceeds; fundamental substance or energy; primordial substance; ultimate element, or cause.
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The soul of man is an active principle. Tillotson.
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3. An original faculty or endowment.
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Nature in your principles hath set [benignity]. Chaucer.
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Those active principles whose direct and ultimate object is the communication either of enjoyment or suffering. Stewart.
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4. 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.
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Therefore, leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection. Heb. vi. 1.
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A good principle, not rightly understood, may prove as hurtful as a bad. Milton.
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5. 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.
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All kinds of dishonesty destroy our pretenses to an honest principle of mind. Law.
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6. (Chem.) 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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Cathartine is the bitter, purgative principle of senna. Gregory.
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Bitter principle, Principle of contradiction, etc. See under Bitter, Contradiction, etc.
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Prin"ci*ple (?), v. t. [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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Governors should be well principled. L'Estrange.
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Let an enthusiast be principled that he or his teacher is inspired. Locke.
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