Definition of virtue

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Virtue (n.) Specifically: Chastity; purity; especially, the chastity of women; virginity..

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Moral :: Moral (a.) Relating to duty or obligation; pertaining to those intentions and actions of which right and wrong, virtue and vice, are predicated, or to the rules by which such intentions and actions ought to be directed; relating to the practice, manners, or conduct of men as social beings in relation to each other, as respects right and wrong, so far as they are properly subject to rules..
Infusion :: Infusion (v. t.) The act or process of steeping or soaking any substance in water in order to extract its virtues.
Implant :: Implant (v. t.) To plant, or infix, for the purpose of growth; to fix deeply; to instill; to inculate; to introduce; as, to implant the seeds of virtue, or the principles of knowledge, in the minds of youth..
Ens :: Ens (n.) Something supposed to condense within itself all the virtues and qualities of a substance from which it is extracted; essence.
Officially :: Officially (adv.) By the proper officer; by virtue of the proper authority; in pursuance of the special powers vested in an officer or office; as, accounts or reports officially vertified or rendered; letters officially communicated; persons officially notified..
Ubiquitarian :: Ubiquitarian (n.) One of a school of Lutheran divines which held that the body of Christ is present everywhere, and especially in the eucharist, in virtue of his omnipresence. Called also ubiquitist, and ubiquitary..
Idioelectric :: Idioelectric (a.) Electric by virtue of its own peculiar properties; capable of becoming electrified by friction; -- opposed to anelectric.
Exaltation :: Exaltation (n.) The refinement or subtilization of a body, or the increasing of its virtue or principal property..
Virtueless :: Virtueless (a.) Destitute of virtue; without efficacy or operating qualities; powerless.
Worthiness :: Worthiness (n.) The quality or state of being worthy; desert; merit; excellence; dignity; virtue; worth.
Virtue :: Virtue (n.) Active quality or power; capacity or power adequate to the production of a given effect; energy; strength; potency; efficacy; as, the virtue of a medicine..
Admiration :: Admiration (n.) Wonder mingled with approbation or delight; an emotion excited by a person or thing possessed of wonderful or high excellence; as, admiration of a beautiful woman, of a landscape, of virtue..
Exercise :: Exercise (n.) Exertion for the sake of training or improvement whether physical, intellectual, or moral; practice to acquire skill, knowledge, virtue, perfectness, grace, etc..
Vertu :: Vertu (n.) Virtue; power. See Virtue.
Essence :: Essence (n.) The constituent quality or qualities which belong to any object, or class of objects, or on which they depend for being what they are (distinguished as real essence); the real being, divested of all logical accidents; that quality which constitutes or marks the true nature of anything; distinctive character; hence, virtue or quality of a thing, separated from its grosser parts..
Electrical :: Electrical (a.) Pertaining to electricity; consisting of, containing, derived from, or produced by, electricity; as, electric power or virtue; an electric jar; electric effects; an electric spark..
Impregnable :: Impregnable (a.) Not to be stormed, or taken by assault; incapable of being subdued; able to resist attack; unconquerable; as, an impregnable fortress; impregnable virtue..
Anadiplosis :: Anadiplosis (n.) A repetition of the last word or any prominent word in a sentence or clause, at the beginning of the next, with an adjunct idea; as, He retained his virtues amidst all his misfortunes -- misfortunes which no prudence could foresee or prevent..
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..
Virtuous :: Virtuous (a.) Possessing or exhibiting virtue.
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