Definitions
1.NounA fundamental assumption or guiding belief."We need some sort of principles to reason from."
2.NounA rule used to choose among solutions to a problem."The principle of least privilege holds that a process should only receive the permissions it needs."
3.NounMoral rule or aspect."I don't doubt your principles.; You are clearly a person of principle.; It's the principle of the thing; I won't do business with someone I can't trust."
4.NounA rule or law of nature, or the basic idea on how the laws of nature are applied."Bernoulli's principle; The Pauli Exclusion Principle prevents two fermions from occupying the same state.; The principle of the internal combustion engine"
5.NounA fundamental essence, particularly one producing a given quality."Many believe that life is the result of some vital principle.; the active principle"
6.NounA chemical compound within plant or animal tissue that is characteristic of it and more or less peculiar to it, such that it defines the character of that tissue from a human viewpoint (as for example nicotine in tobacco)."the active principle"
7.NounA source, or origin; that from which anything proceeds; fundamental substance or energy; primordial substance; ultimate element, or cause.
8.NounAn original faculty or endowment.
9.NounMisspelling of principal.
10.NounA beginning.
11.VerbTo equip with principles; to establish, or fix, in certain principles; to impress with any tenet or rule of conduct.