PRINCIPLE

verb

Definition

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.

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PRINCIPLE (noun)

1. Beginning; commencement. [Obs.] Doubting sad end of principle unsound. Spenser. 2. A source, or origin; that from which anything proceeds; fundame...

Added: October 09, 2025 Updated: October 09, 2025

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