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单词 principiation
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principiationn.

Brit. /ˌprɪnsɪpɪˈeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌprɪnsɪpiˈeɪʃ(ə)n/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin principiation-, principiatio.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin principiation-, principiatio origination, derivation from first principles (from 13th cent. in British and continental sources) < principiat- , past participial stem of principiare principiate v. + classical Latin -iō -ion suffix1. In the specific use in sense 2(b) after post-classical Latin principiatio prefix (1659 in the source translated in quot. 18821 at sense 2, with reference to class prefixes in Bantu languages).
1. Reduction to principles or elemental parts; decomposition or analysis of a substance. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or breaking up into constituent parts > [noun]
resolutiona1398
resolvinga1398
anatomya1569
analysis1588
analysing1600
retexture1620
principiationa1626
solution1655
analysation1698
decomposure1744
decomposition1762
disarticulation1902
a1626 F. Bacon Physiol. Remains in Baconiana (1679) 114 The Third, Is the separating of any Metal into his Original, or Materia Prima, or Element,..which Work we will call Principiation.
2. A starting or beginning. (a) The action or process of starting or originating something; (b) an instance of this; a thing which begins or originates, spec. a prefix. Now historical.
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1700 J. Sergeant Transnatural Philos. 419 But the main point is, that this Principiation or Origination does not formally respect the deity it self, or the Common Suppositum, any more in One than in the Other.
a1710 G. Bull in R. Nelson Life Dr. George Bull (1713) IV. 315 The Doctrine of the Subordination of the Son to the Father, as to his Origination and Principiation.
1882 H. Gratton Guinness tr. G. Brusciotto di Vetralla Gram. Congo Lang. 1 (heading) Of the declension of nouns, or, as it is better expressed, their Principiation, and their Rules.
1882 H. Gratton Guinness in tr. G. Brusciotto di Vetralla Gram. Congo Lang. Pref. p. ix His [sc. Brusciotto's] classification of nouns according to their 'principiations', or initial syllables, though probably correct in his day, is inapplicable to modern Congo.
1993 William & Mary Q. 50 722 Brusciotto Giacinto, Grammar of the Congo Language as Spoken 260 Years Ago..calls wa a marker of ‘principiations’ of nouns.
2003 P. King in T. Williams Cambr. Compan. Duns Scotus i. 46 [In the works of Scotus]..the more general version of causation is called ‘principiation’ (principiatio), and the activity corresponding to it is called ‘principiating’ (principiare).
3. Logic. The process of deriving a general principle, as by induction. Obsolete.
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1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. Principiation... The act or process of deriving a general principle, as an inductive law.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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