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▪ I. † prinˈcipiate, a. and n. Obs. rare.
[ad. late L. principiātus, pa. pple. of principiāre: see next.]
a. adj. Properly, Originated, initiated; but in quot. 1661 used as = Constituting the beginning, origin, or source; original.
b. n. See quot. 1694.
1661Glanvill Van. Dogm. iv. 27 Our eyes, that see other things, see not themselves: And those principiate foundations of knowledge are themselvs unknown. 1694R. Burthogge Reason 101 Of Substances some are Principles, some Principiates... By Principiates (give me leave to make an English word of one not very good Latin) I mean substances that are caused or composed of Principles. Principles make, Principiates are made to be.
▪ II. † prinˈcipiate, v. Obs.
[f. late L. principiāre to begin (f. principi-um a beginning) + -ate3.]
trans. To cause to begin; to originate, initiate.
1613Sherley Trav. Persia 4 Some parts might have bene found fit for the Indian Nauigation, then principiated in Holland, and muttered of in England. 1697J. Sergeant Solid Philos. 218 The Soul, by reason of her Potential State here, cannot principiate any Bodily Action. |