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principiates

principiates is the plural of principiate.

principiates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of principiate.

Meaning of principiate

Noun

principiate (plural principiates)

  1. The product of a principle.
    • Of Subſtances ſome are Principles, ſome Principiates. By Principles, I mean ſubſtances that are cauſes of other things, but are themſelves uncauſed. 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....1694, Richard Burthogge, “The Idea or Notion of Substance. […]”, in An Essay upon Reason, and the Nature of Spirits, London: […] John Dunton […], →OCLC, chapter V (Of Substance), page 101

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Questions about principiates

What is principiates the plural of?
Principiates is the plural of principiate.

Words near principiates in the dictionary

  1. principia
  2. principial
  3. principiant
  4. principiate
  5. principiated
  6. principiates
  7. principiating
  8. principiation
  9. principiations
  10. principicide
  11. principium

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