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==Etymology==
[http://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
*Date: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Century 14th century]
==Definitions==
*1 a : a comprehensive and [[fundamental]] [[law]], doctrine, or [[assumption]]
:b (1) : a rule or code of conduct (2) : [[habit]]ual [[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]]>
:b : an ingredient (as a [[chemical]]) that exhibits or imparts a characteristic [[quality]]
*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.
[[Category: General Reference]]
==Etymology==
[http://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
*Date: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Century 14th century]
==Definitions==
*1 a : a comprehensive and [[fundamental]] [[law]], doctrine, or [[assumption]]
:b (1) : a rule or code of conduct (2) : [[habit]]ual [[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]]>
:b : an ingredient (as a [[chemical]]) that exhibits or imparts a characteristic [[quality]]
*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.
[[Category: General Reference]]