plural [Latin principium.] First principles.
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First principles; fundamental beginnings; elements; as. Newton's Principia.
Elementary.
Relating to principles or beginnings.
To begin; to initiate.
Analysis into constituent or elemental parts. [Not used.]
Analysis into primary or elemental parts.
Maxim Roget’s Thesaurus §496
N. maxim, aphorism, apothegm, apophthegm, # dictum, saying, adage, saw, proverb, sentence, mot, motto, word, byword, moral, phylactery, protasis, axiom, theorem, scholium, truism, postulate, first principles, a priori fact, assumption (supposition) 514, reflection, conclusion, golden rule, principle, principia, profession of faith, settled principle, accepted principle, formula, accepted fact, received truth, wise maxim, sage maxim, received maxim, admitted maxim, recognized maxim &c, true saying, common saying, hackneyed saying, trite saying, commonplace saying &c
Adv. as the saying goes, as the saying is, as they say
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