Principle \Prin"ci*ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Principled; p. pr. & vb. n. Principling.]

To equip with principles; to establish, or fix, in certain principles; to impress with any tenet, or rule of conduct, good or ill.

Governors should be well principled. --L'Estrange.

Let an enthusiast be principled that he or his teacher is inspired. --Locke.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)