3 definitions found
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 1.6 [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 mechanical 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-combusiton
engines" [syn: {rationale}]
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