Word Meanings - HIGH-PRINCIPLED - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Possessed of noble or honorable principles.
Related words: (words related to HIGH-PRINCIPLED)
- POSSESSIVE
Of or pertaining to possession; having or indicating possession. Possessive case , the genitive case; the case of nouns and pronouns which expresses ownership, origin, or some possessive relation of one thing to another; as, Homer's admirers; the - HONORABLE
1. Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious. Thy name and honorable family. Shak. 2. High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation. 3. Proceeding from an - NOBLEWOMAN
A female of noble rank; a peeress. - HONORABLENESS
1. The state of being honorable; eminence; distinction. 2. Conformity to the principles of honor, probity, or moral rectitude; fairness; uprightness; reputableness. - POSSESSIONER
1. A possessor; a property holder. "Possessioners of riches." E. Hall. Having been of old freemen and possessioners. Sir P. Sidney. 2. An invidious name for a member of any religious community endowed with property in lands, buildings, etc., - NOBLE
nobilis that can be or is known, well known, famous, highborn, noble, 1. Possessing eminence, elevation, dignity, etc.; above whatever is low, mean, degrading, or dishonorable; magnanimous; as, a noble nature or action; a noble heart. Statues, - NOBLENESS
The quality or state of being noble; greatness; dignity; magnanimity; elevation of mind, character, or station; nobility; grandeur; stateliness. His purposes are full honesty, nobleness, and integrity. Jer. Taylor. - POSSESSIONARY
Of or pertaining to possession; arising from possession. - POSSESSOR
One who possesses; one who occupies, holds, owns, or controls; one who has actual participation or enjoyment, generally of that which is desirable; a proprietor. "Possessors of eternal glory." Law. As if he had been possessor of the whole world. - NOBLEY
1. The body of nobles; the nobility. Chaucer. 2. Noble birth; nobility; dignity. Chaucer. - NOBLESS; NOBLESSE
1. Dignity; greatness; noble birth or condition. Chaucer. Spenser. B. Jonson. 2. The nobility; persons of noble rank collectively, including males and females. Dryden. - POSSESSION
The having, holding, or detention of property in one's power or command; actual seizin or occupancy; ownership, whether rightful or wrongful. Note: Possession may be either actual or constructive; actual, when a party has the immediate occupancy; - POSSESSIVELY
In a possessive manner. - POSSESSORY
Of or pertaining to possession, either as a fact or a right; of the nature of possession; as, a possessory interest; a possessory lord. Possessory action or suit , an action to regain or obtain possession of something. See under Petitory. - NOBLEMAN
One of the nobility; a noble; a peer; one who enjoys rank above a commoner, either by virtue of birth, by office, or by patent. - POSSESS
possess, from an inseparable prep. + sedere to sit. 1. To occupy in person; to hold or actually have in one's own keeping; to have and to hold. Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land. Jer. xxxii. 15. Yet beauty, - NOBLE-MINDED
Having a noble mind; honorable; magnanimous. -- No"ble-mind`ed*ness, n. - POSSESSIVAL
Of or pertaining to the possessive case; as, a possessival termination. Earle. - DISPOSSESS
To put out of possession; to deprive of the actual occupancy of, particularly of land or real estate; to disseize; to eject; -- usually followed by of before the thing taken away; as, to dispossess a king of his crown. Usurp the land, and dispossess - IGNOBLENESS
State or quality of being ignoble. - UNNOBLE
Ignoble. Shak. - ENNOBLE
Etym: 1. To make noble; to elevate in degree, qualities, or excellence; to dignify. "Ennobling all that he touches." Trench. What can ennoble sots, or slaves, or cowards Alas! not all the blood of all the Howards. Pope. 2. To raise to the rank - REPOSSESS
To possess again; as, to repossess the land. Pope. To repossess one's self of , to acquire again . - UNPOSSESS
To be without, or to resign, possession of. - GEORGE NOBLE
A gold noble of the time of Henry VIII. See Noble, n. - ENNOBLER
One who ennobles. - DISPOSSESSOR
One who dispossesses. Cowley. - FOREPOSSESSED
1. Holding or held formerly in possession. 2. Preoccupied; prepossessed; preëngaged. Not extremely forepossessed with prejudice. Bp. Sanderson. - DISPOSSESSION
The putting out of possession, wrongfully or otherwise, of one who is in possession of a freehold, no matter in what title; -- called also ouster. (more info) 1. The act of putting out of possession; the state of being dispossessed. Bp. Hall. - SELF-POSSESSION
The possession of one's powers; calmness; self-command; presence of mind; composure.