-
To
establish
in
principles:
to
impress
with
a
doctrine.
-
To
impress
with
any
tenet;
to
establish
firmly
in
the
mind.
See
Prince.
-
To
establish
firmly
in
the
mind.
-
a
basic
truth
or
law
or
assumption; "
the
principles
of
democracy"
-
a
rule
or
law
concerning
a
natural
phenomenon
or
the
function
of
a
complex
system; "
the
principle
of
the
conservation
of
mass"; "
the
principle
of
jet
propulsion"; "
the
right-
hand
rule
for
inductive
fields"
-
a
rule
or
standard
especially
of
good
behavior; "
a
man
of
principle"; "
he
will
not
violate
his
principles"
-
(
law)
an
explanation
of
the
fundamental
reasons (
especially
an
explanation
of
the
working
of
some
device
in
terms
of
laws
of
nature); "
the
rationale
for
capital
punishment"; "
the
principles
of
internal-
combustion
engines"
-
A
source,
or
origin;
that
from
which
anything
proceeds;
fundamental
substance
or
energy;
primordial
substance;
ultimate
element,
or
cause.
-
An
original
faculty
or
endowment.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
To
equip
with
principles;
to
establish,
or
fix,
in
certain
principles;
to
impress
with
any
tenet,
or
rule
of
conduct,
good
or
ill.
-
A
source
or
cause;
a
settled
rule
or
law
of
conduct;
a
truth
which
is
general
and
fundamental;
as,
the
principles
of
government;
reason;
uprightness.
-
A
fundamental
truth:
a
law
or
doctrine
from
which
others
are
derived:
an
original
faculty
of
the
mind:
a
settled
rule
of
action: (
chem.)
a
constituent
part.
-
A
cause;
essence.
-
A
general
truth;
rule
of
action,
especially
of
right
action.
-
The
source
or
origin
of
anything;
clement;
constituent
or
component
part;
an
axiom
or
accepted
truth;
ground
or
reason;
a
general
truth
or
law
comprehending
many
subordinate
one's;
tenet
or
doctrine;
a
settled
law
or
rule
of
action;
action
rightly
motived.
-
The
cause,
source,
or
origin
of
anything;
an
element;
ground
of
action;
motive;
a
constituent
part;
a
fundamental
truth;
a
law
comprehending
many
subordinate
truths;
a
settled
law
or
rule
of
conduct
or
action;
a
tenet
or
doctrine.
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