Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to principle
Participle: principled
Gerund: principling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | principle |
| you | principle |
| he;she;it | principles |
| we | principle |
| you | principle |
| they | principle |
Perfect
| I | have principled |
| you | have principled |
| he;she;it | has principled |
| we | have principled |
| you | have principled |
| they | have principled |
Past
| I | principled |
| you | principled |
| he;she;it | principled |
| we | principled |
| you | principled |
| they | principled |
Pluperfect
| I | had principled |
| you | had principled |
| he;she;it | had principled |
| we | had principled |
| you | had principled |
| they | had principled |
Future
| I | will principle |
| you | will principle |
| he;she;it | will principle |
| we | will principle |
| you | will principle |
| they | will principle |
Future Perfect
| I | will have principled |
| you | will have principled |
| he;she;it | will have principled |
| we | will have principled |
| you | will have principled |
| they | will have principled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | principle |
| you | principle |
| he;she;it | principle |
| we | principle |
| you | principle |
| they | principle |
Perfect
| I | have principled |
| you | have principled |
| he;she;it | have principled |
| we | have principled |
| you | have principled |
| they | have principled |
Imperfect
| I | principled |
| you | principled |
| he;she;it | principled |
| we | principled |
| you | principled |
| they | principled |
Pluperfect
| I | had principled |
| you | had principled |
| he;she;it | had principled |
| we | had principled |
| you | had principled |
| they | had principled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would principle |
| you | would principle |
| he;she;it | would principle |
| we | would principle |
| you | would principle |
| they | would principle |
Perfect
| I | would have principled |
| you | would have principled |
| he;she;it | would have principled |
| we | would have principled |
| you | would have principled |
| they | would have principled |
Imperative
| you | principle |
| we | Let's principle |
| you | principle |
Verbs conjugated like 'principle'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'principle'
unprinciple,
disciple,
prickle,
prince,
principiate,
pringle,
brainwipe,
brickle,
coincide,
crimple,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English principle, from Old French principe, from Latin prīncipium (“beginning, foundation”), from prīnceps (“first”). By surface analysis, prīmus (“first”) + -ceps (“catcher”); the former ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- (“before”); see also prince.
Sample Sentences
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Let an enthusiast be principled that he or his teacher is inspired. [1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], chapter 4, in An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC, book I, page 20:]