Prince

prins, n. A person po e ing highest place and authority; a sovereign; monarch; the son of a esp., king or emperor, or the i ue of a royal family; a givperson of rank next to the sovereign. — Prin'ce ,, n. A female prince; daughter of a king; consort said of a prince. — Prince'dom, -dum, n. The jurisdiction, sovereignty, rank, or estate, of a prince.— in a Prince'ly, -1Y, a. Of, or relating to, a prince; regal; of highest rank or authority; resembling or becomor ing a prince; of great wealth or magnificence; grand; A noble; stately. — adv. In a prince-like manner. — Ch.) Prinrce's-met/al, n. An alloy composed of 75 parts of copper and 25 of zinc, in imitation of gold. — Prin'cipal, -sY-pal, a. Highest in rank, authority, in character, or importance: most considerable; chief. — n. A chief or head; presiding teacher of a school; one who takes the lead,— as, one who po e es or exercises chief authority. (Law.) The chief actor a in a crime, or an abettor who is present at it, — as disting. fr. an acce ory; a chief obligor, promisor, or delator, — disting. fr. a, surety; one who employs v. t. another to act for him, — disting. fr. an agent. A thing of chief or prime consequence; a capital sum v. t. of money, placed out at interest, due as a debt, or great used as a fund. — Principality, -pal'Y-tY, n. Sovereignty; supreme power; a prince; one invested with sovereignty; the territory of a prince.— Prin'cipally, adv. In a principal manner; chiefly; maindely; e entially; especially; particularly.— Pnn'ciple, of -sY-pl, n. A source, or origin; that from which any first thing proceeds; an original faculty or endowment etc.; of the soul; a fundamental truth or tenet; elementary proposition; a settled rule of action; right rule full in of conduct; maxim; axiom; tenet; motive. (Chem.) first An original element which characterizes some substance, and from which it may be obtained by analoil; linger or ink, then, boNboN, chair, get. ysis. — v. t. [ principled (-pld), -pling.] To tablish or fix in, or impre with, tenets. 328