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Bitter principle
(gcide) | Principle \Prin"ci*ple\, n. [F. principe, L. principium
beginning, foundation, fr. princeps, -cipis. See Prince.]
1. Beginning; commencement. [Obs.]
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Doubting sad end of principle unsound. --Spenser.
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2. A source, or origin; that from which anything proceeds;
fundamental substance or energy; primordial substance;
ultimate element, or cause.
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The soul of man is an active principle. --Tillotson.
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3. An original faculty or endowment.
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Nature in your principles hath set [benignity].
--Chaucer.
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Those active principles whose direct and ultimate
object is the communication either of enjoyment or
suffering. --Stewart.
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4. A fundamental truth; a comprehensive law or doctrine, from
which others are derived, or on which others are founded;
a general truth; an elementary proposition; a maxim; an
axiom; a postulate.
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Therefore, leaving the principles of the doctrine of
Christ, let us go on unto perfection. --Heb. vi. 1.
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A good principle, not rightly understood, may prove
as hurtful as a bad. --Milton.
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5. A settled rule of action; a governing law of conduct; an
opinion or belief which exercises a directing influence on
the life and behavior; a rule (usually, a right rule) of
conduct consistently directing one's actions; as, a person
of no principle.
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All kinds of dishonesty destroy our pretenses to an
honest principle of mind. --Law.
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6. (Chem.) Any original inherent constituent which
characterizes a substance, or gives it its essential
properties, and which can usually be separated by
analysis; -- applied especially to drugs, plant extracts,
etc.
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Cathartine is the bitter, purgative principle of
senna. --Gregory.
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Bitter principle, Principle of contradiction, etc. See
under Bitter, Contradiction, etc.
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bitter principle
(wn) | bitter principle
n 1: any one of several hundred compounds having a bitter taste;
not admitting of chemical classification |
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Bitter principles
(gcide) | Bitter \Bit"ter\, a. [AS. biter; akin to Goth. baitrs, Icel.
bitr, Dan., Sw., D., & G. bitter, OS. bittar, fr. root of E.
bite. See Bite, v. t.]
1. Having a peculiar, acrid, biting taste, like that of
wormwood or an infusion of hops; as, a bitter medicine;
bitter as aloes.
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2. Causing pain or smart; piercing; painful; sharp; severe;
as, a bitter cold day.
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3. Causing, or fitted to cause, pain or distress to the mind;
calamitous; poignant.
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It is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast
forsaken the Lord thy God. --Jer. ii. 19.
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4. Characterized by sharpness, severity, or cruelty; harsh;
stern; virulent; as, bitter reproach.
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Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against
them. --Col. iii.
19.
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5. Mournful; sad; distressing; painful; pitiable.
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The Egyptians . . . made their lives bitter with
hard bondage. --Ex. i. 14.
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Bitter apple, Bitter cucumber, Bitter gourd. (Bot.) See
Colocynth.
Bitter cress (Bot.), a plant of the genus Cardamine, esp.
Cardamine amara.
Bitter earth (Min.), tale earth; calcined magnesia.
Bitter principles (Chem.), a class of substances, extracted
from vegetable products, having strong bitter taste but
with no sharply defined chemical characteristics.
Bitter salt, Epsom salts; magnesium sulphate.
Bitter vetch (Bot.), a name given to two European
leguminous herbs, Vicia Orobus and Ervum Ervilia.
To the bitter end, to the last extremity, however
calamitous.
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Syn: Acrid; sharp; harsh; pungent; stinging; cutting; severe;
acrimonious.
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bitter principle
(wn) | bitter principle
n 1: any one of several hundred compounds having a bitter taste;
not admitting of chemical classification |
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