Definition of principle

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Principle (n.) Beginning; commencement.

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Uraemia :: Uraemia (n.) Accumulation in the blood of the principles of the urine, producing dangerous disease..
Propriety :: Propriety (n.) The quality or state of being proper; suitableness to an acknowledged or correct standard or rule; consonance with established principles, rules, or customs; fitness; appropriateness; as, propriety of behavior, language, manners, etc..
Euonymin :: Euonymin (n.) A principle or mixture of principles derived from Euonymus atropurpureus, or spindle tree..
Caloric :: Caloric (n.) The principle of heat, or the agent to which the phenomena of heat and combustion were formerly ascribed; -- not now used in scientific nomenclature, but sometimes used as a general term for heat..
Archelogy :: Archelogy (n.) The science of, or a treatise on, first principles..
Republicanize :: Republicanize (v. t.) To change, as a state, into a republic; to republican principles; as, France was republicanized; to republicanize the rising generation..
High-minded :: High-minded (a.) Having, or characterized by, honorable pride; of or pertaining to elevated principles and feelings; magnanimous; -- opposed to mean..
Stand :: Stand (n.) To adhere to fixed principles; to maintain moral rectitude; to keep from falling into error or vice.
Prutenic :: Prutenic (a.) Prussian; -- applied to certain astronomical tables published in the sixteenth century, founded on the principles of Copernicus, a Prussian..
Body :: Body (n.) The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person..
Principia :: Principia (n. pl.) First principles; fundamental beginnings; elements; as. Newton's Principia.
Solidness :: Solidness (n.) Soundness; strength; truth; validity, as of arguments, reasons, principles, and the like..
Infection :: Infection (n.) That which taints or corrupts morally; as, the infection of vicious principles..
Honorableness :: Honorableness (n.) Conformity to the principles of honor, probity, or moral rectitude; fairness; uprightness; reputableness..
Datum :: Datum (n.) Something given or admitted; a fact or principle granted; that upon which an inference or an argument is based; -- used chiefly in the plural.
Conventionalism :: Conventionalism (n.) The principles or practice of conventionalizing. See Conventionalize, v. t..
Compendious :: Compendious (a.) Containing the substance or general principles of a subject or work in a narrow compass; abridged; summarized.
Rudiment :: Rudiment (v. t.) To furnish with first principles or rules; to insrtuct in the rudiments.
Martyr :: Martyr (n.) Hence, one who sacrifices his life, his station, or what is of great value to him, for the sake of principle, or to sustain a cause..
Euclid :: Euclid (n.) A Greek geometer of the 3d century b. c.; also, his treatise on geometry, and hence, the principles of geometry, in general..
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