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princess royal
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principal diagonal
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principal parts

prin·ci·pal parts


plural noun 
Definition:
 
1. verb forms of inflected language: the basic forms of a verb, from which other forms are derived, in an inflected language such as Latin

2. English verb forms: the infinitive, past tense, and participial forms of an English verb

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