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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Principle \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.

Governors should be well principled. --L'Estrange.

Let an enthusiast be principled that he or his teacher
is inspired. --Locke.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Principle \Prin"ci*ple\, n. [F. principe, L. principium
beginning, foundation, fr. princeps, -cipis. See {Prince}.]
1. Beginning; commencement. [Obs.]

Doubting sad end of principle unsound. --Spenser.

2. A source, or origin; that from which anything proceeds;
fundamental substance or energy; primordial substance;
ultimate element, or cause.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

principle
n 1: a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can
be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct; "their
principles of composition characterized all their works"
[syn: {rule}]
2: a rule or standard especially of good behavior: "a man of
principle"; "he will not violate his principles"
3: a basic truth or law or assumption: "the principles of
democracy"
4: a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the
function of a complex system: "the principle of the
conservation of mass"; "the principle of jet propulsion";
"the right-hand rule for inductive fields" [syn: {rule}]
5: rule of personal conduct [syn: {precept}]
6: an explanation of the working of some device in terms of
laws of nature; "the principles of internal-combustion
engines" [syn: {rationale}]


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