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That which tries or afflicts; that which harasses; that which tries the character or principles; that which tempts to evil; as, his child's conduct was a sore trial. Every station is exposed to some trials. Rogers.

ane trigonometry, and Spherical trigonometry, those branches of trigonometry in which its principles are applied to plane triangles and spherical triangles respectively.

tween parties, so as to appear to favor each; a timeserver. Thus Halifax was a trimmer on principle. Macaulay.

sured resting of the mind on the integrity, veracity, justice, friendship, or other sound principle, of another person; confidence; reliance; reliance. "O ever-failing trust in mortal strength!" Milton. Most take things upon trust. Locke.

A true thing; a verified fact; a true statement or proposition; an established principle, fixed law, or the like; as, the great truths of morals. Even so our boasting . . . is found a truth. 2 Cor. vii. 14.

ine or investigate judicially; to examine by witnesses or other judicial evidence and the principles of law; as, to try a cause, or a criminal.

One who forsakes his party or his principles; a renegade; an apostate. He is a turncoat, he was not true to his profession. Bunyan.

Inherent baseness or vileness of principle, words, or actions; shameful wickedness; depravity. Shak.

The principles of those who advocate extreme measures, as radical reform, and the like. Dr. H. More.

One who pushes a principle or measure to extremes; an extremist; a radical; an ultra.

The principles of those within the Roman Catholic Church who maintain extreme views favoring the pope's supremacy; -- so used by those living north of the Alps in reference to the Italians; -- rarely used in an opposite sense, as referring to the views of those living north of the Alps and opposed to the papal claims.…

Not subjected to the principles or usages of the Roman Catholic Church.

under or beneath; hence, fundamental; as, the underlying strata of a locality; underlying principles.

. I use the term understanding, not for the noetic faculty, intellect proper, or place of principles, but for the dianoetic or discursive faculty in its widest signification, for the faculty of relations or comparisons; and thus in the meaning in which "verstand" is now employed by the Germans. Sir W. Hamilton.…

Indubitable; as, an undubitable principle. [Obs.] Locke.

disclose; to reveal; to elucidate; to explain; as, to unfold one's designs; to unfold the principles of a science. Unfold the passion of my love. Shak.

The principles, or the system, of combination among workmen engaged in the same occupation or trade.

One who rejects the principle of dualism.

In dramatic composition, one of the principles by which a uniform tenor of story and propriety of representation are preserved; conformity in a composition to these; in oratory, discourse, etc., the due subordination and reference of every part to the development of the leading idea or the eastablishment of the main pr…

Not scrupulous; unprincipled. -- Un*scru"pu*lous*ly, adv. -- Un*scru"pu*lous*ness, n.