Principle
Definition of Principle
Prin´ci`ple | n. | 1. | Beginning; commencement. | | 2. | A source, or origin; that from which anything proceeds; fundamental substance or energy; primordial substance; ultimate element, or cause. | | 3. | An original faculty or endowment. | | 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. | | 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. | | 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. | | v. t. | 1. | 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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