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Webster 1913 Edition

Principiate

Prin-cip′i-ate

,
Verb.
T.
[See
Principiant
.]
To begin; to initiate.
[Obs.]
Sir M. Hale.

Definition 2024

principiate

principiate

English

Verb

principiate ‎(third-person singular simple present principiates, present participle principiating, simple past and past participle principiated)

  1. (obsolete) To begin; to initiate.
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Italian

Verb

principiate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of principiare
  2. second-person plural imperative of principiare
  3. second-person plural present subjunctive of principiare
  4. feminine plural of principiato

Etymology

See principiant.

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