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

• “principiate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

principiate

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

Etymology 2

Participle

principiate f pl

1. feminine plural of principiato

Spanish

Verb

principiate

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