principiate /pɹɪnˈsɪpiət/adjective 1noun 1/pɹɪnˈsɪpieɪt/ verb 1forms 3 adjective1 •(no longer used) Having a beginning; of or constituting a beginning.For, while we are, certainly, we cannot imagine Two distinct Durations; but one, which in respct^([sic]) to our Nature, that is principiate, mutable, and terminable, doth contain designable Terms; […] — 1654 noun1 •The product of a principle. principiate /pɹɪnˈsɪpieɪt/ verb1 •To begin; to initiate.Both the Kingly and Prophetical Offices of Jesus Christ are principiated in this — 1654 formsprincipiated · principiating · principiates