principiate

English

Etymology

See principiant.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɹɪnˈsɪpieɪt/

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete) To begin; to initiate.
    • 1654, Edward Leigh, A Systeme or Body of Divinity:
      Both the Kingly and Prophetical Offices of Jesus Christ are principiated in this

References

Italian

Verb

principiate

  1. inflection of principiare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person plural imperative

Participle

principiate f pl

  1. feminine plural of principiato

Spanish

Verb

principiate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of principiar combined with te
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