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− | [ | + | [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Middle French principe, principle, from Old French, from [[Latin]] principium beginning, from princip-, princeps initiator |
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==Definitions== | ==Definitions== | ||
*1 a : a comprehensive and [[fundamental]] [[law]], doctrine, or [[assumption]] | *1 a : a comprehensive and [[fundamental]] [[law]], doctrine, or [[assumption]] |
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Etymology
Middle English, from Middle French principe, principle, from Old French, from Latin principium beginning, from princip-, princeps initiator
- Date: 14th century
Definitions
- 1 a : a comprehensive and fundamental law, doctrine, or assumption
- b (1) : a rule or code of conduct (2) : habitual devotion to right principles <a man of principle>
- c : the laws or facts of nature underlying the working of an artificial device
- 2 : a primary source : origin
- 3 a : an underlying faculty or endowment <such principles of human nature as greed and curiosity>
- 4 capitalized Christian Science : a divine principle : god
— in principle : with respect to fundamentals <prepared to accept the proposition in principle> usage Although nearly every handbook and many dictionaries warn against confusing principle and principal, many people still do. Principle is only a noun; principal is both adjective and noun.