principle
/ˈpɹɪn.sɪ.pəl/ verb C2- To equip with principles; to establish, or fix, in certain principles; to impress with any tenet or rule of conduct.
He/she/it principles · Past principled · Past participle principled · -ing form principling
Verb forms
- Base form
- principle
- He/she/it
- principles
- Past
- principled
- Past participle
- principled
- -ing form
- principling
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‘Oh, I never make matches, my dear prince, it is my settled principle.’” Andrea bit his lips.
That’s paying for brains, you see—the American business principle.
Faria gazed fondly on his noble-minded, single-hearted, high-principled young friend, and read in his countenance ample confirmation of the sincerity of his devotion and the loyalty of his purpose.
We will now apply this principle to the case in point.
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