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† prinˈcipiative, a. Obs. rare.
[f. late L. principiāt-, ppl. stem of principiāre (see principiate v.) + -ive.]
Having the quality of ‘principiating’; originative, initiative.
1651Bigges New Disp. §160 Its grand principiative fundamina. 1662Stanley Hist. Philos., Chaldaic (1701) 18/2 They..assert a Principiative Son from the Solar Fountain, and Archangelical, and the Fountain of Sense. 1662J. Chandler Van Helmont's Oriat. 40 To know by a Syllogisme, cannot be an intellectual essentiall, as neither a principiative thing, or from a former cause. |