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Official :: Official (n.) Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority; made or communicated by virtue of authority; as, an official statement or report..

Titulary :: Titulary (n.) A person invested with a title, in virtue of which he holds an office or benefice, whether he performs the duties of it or not..

Decline :: Decline (v. i.) To tend or draw towards a close, decay, or extinction; to tend to a less perfect state; to become diminished or impaired; to fail; to sink; to diminish; to lessen; as, the day declines; virtue declines; religion declines; business declines..

Aretaics :: Aretaics (n.) The ethical theory which excludes all relations between virtue and happiness; the science of virtue; -- contrasted with eudemonics.

Extract :: Extract (n.) A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue; essence; as, extract of beef; extract of dandelion; also, any substance so extracted, and characteristic of that from which it is obtained; as, quinine is the most important extract of Peruvian bark..

Saint :: Saint (n.) A person sanctified; a holy or godly person; one eminent for piety and virtue; any true Christian, as being redeemed and consecrated to God..

Virtue :: Virtue (n.) Energy or influence operating without contact of the material or sensible substance.

Attempt :: Attempt (v. t.) To try to win, subdue, or overcome; as, one who attempts the virtue of a woman..

Model :: Model (n.) Anything which serves, or may serve, as an example for imitation; as, a government formed on the model of the American constitution; a model of eloquence, virtue, or behavior..

Helleborin :: Helleborin (n.) A poisonous glucoside found in several species of hellebore, and extracted as a white crystalline substance with a sharp tingling taste. It possesses the essential virtues of the plant; -- called also elleborin..

Beatitude :: Beatitude (n.) Any one of the nine declarations (called the Beatitudes), made in the Sermon on the Mount (Matt. v. 3-12), with regard to the blessedness of those who are distinguished by certain specified virtues..

Prevalence :: Prevalence (n.) The quality or condition of being prevalent; superior strength, force, or influence; general existence, reception, or practice; wide extension; as, the prevalence of virtue, of a fashion, or of a disease; the prevalence of a rumor..

Decoction :: Decoction (n.) The act or process of boiling anything in a watery fluid to extract its virtues.

Default :: Default (n.) Fault; offense; ill deed; wrong act; failure in virtue or wisdom.

Polarity :: Polarity (n.) A property of the conic sections by virtue of which a given point determines a corresponding right line and a given right line determines a corresponding point. See Polar, n..

Honor :: Honor (n.) That which rightfully attracts esteem, respect, or consideration; self-respect; dignity; courage; fidelity; especially, excellence of character; high moral worth; virtue; nobleness; specif., in men, integrity; uprightness; trustworthness; in women, purity; chastity..

Prize :: Prize (n.) Anything captured by a belligerent using the rights of war; esp., property captured at sea in virtue of the rights of war, as a vessel..

Infusion :: Infusion (v. t.) The act or process of steeping or soaking any substance in water in order to extract its virtues.

Attachment :: Attachment (n.) A seizure or taking into custody by virtue of a legal process.

Heir :: Heir (n.) One who receives any endowment from an ancestor or relation; as, the heir of one's reputation or virtues..

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