Definition of principle

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Principle (n.) A source, or origin; that from which anything proceeds; fundamental substance or energy; primordial substance; ultimate element, or cause..

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Resolve :: Resolve (v. i.) To be separated into its component parts or distinct principles; to undergo resolution.
Hyoscyamine :: Hyoscyamine (n.) An alkaloid found in henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), and regarded as its active principle. It is also found with other alkaloids in the thorn apple and deadly nightshade. It is extracted as a white crystalline substance, with a sharp, offensive taste. Hyoscyamine is isomeric with atropine, is very poisonous, and is used as a medicine for neuralgia, like belladonna. Called also hyoscyamia, duboisine, etc..
Inoculate :: Inoculate (v. t.) Fig.: To introduce into the mind; -- used especially of harmful ideas or principles; to imbue; as, to inoculate one with treason or infidelity..
Democratic :: Democratic (a.) Pertaining to democracy; favoring democracy, or constructed upon the principle of government by the people..
Aristocratism :: Aristocratism (n.) The principles of aristocrats.
Compensation :: Compensation (n.) The act or principle of compensating.
High-toned :: High-toned (a.) Elevated; high-principled; honorable.
Repellency :: Repellency (n.) The principle of repulsion; the quality or capacity of repelling; repulsion.
Unprinciple :: Unprinciple (v. t.) To destroy the moral principles of.
Ultramontanism :: Ultramontanism (n.) The principles of those within the Roman Catholic Church who maintain extreme views favoring the pope's supremacy; -- so used by those living north of the Alps in reference to the Italians; -- rarely used in an opposite sense, as referring to the views of those living north of the Alps and opposed to the papal claims. Cf. Gallicanism..
Constitution :: Constitution (n.) The fundamental, organic law or principles of government of men, embodied in written documents, or implied in the institutions and usages of the country or society; also, a written instrument embodying such organic law, and laying down fundamental rules and principles for the conduct of affairs..
Harmonist :: Harmonist (n.) One who understands the principles of harmony or is skillful in applying them in composition; a musical composer.
Syncretist :: Syncretism (n.) Attempted union of principles or parties irreconcilably at variance with each other.
Element :: Element (v. t.) To compound of elements or first principles.
Ecboline :: Ecboline (n.) An alkaloid constituting the active principle of ergot; -- so named from its power of producing abortion.
A Priori :: A priori () Characterizing that kind of reasoning which deduces consequences from definitions formed, or principles assumed, or which infers effects from causes previously known; deductive or deductively. The reverse of a posteriori..
Agrarianize :: Agrarianize (v. t.) To distribute according to, or to imbue with, the principles of agrarianism..
Seminal :: Seminal (a.) Contained in seed; holding the relation of seed, source, or first principle; holding the first place in a series of developed results or consequents; germinal; radical; primary; original; as, seminal principles of generation; seminal virtue..
Hydrostatically :: Hydrostatically (adv.) According to hydrostatics, or to hydrostatic principles..
Latex :: Latex (n.) A milky or colored juice in certain plants in cavities (called latex cells or latex tubes). It contains the peculiar principles of the plants, whether aromatic, bitter, or acid, and in many instances yields caoutchouc upon coagulation..
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