Definition of virtue

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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..

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Thew :: Thew (n.) Manner; custom; habit; form of behavior; qualities of mind; disposition; specifically, good qualities; virtues..
Probation :: Probation (n.) The novitiate which a person must pass in a convent, to probe his or her virtue and ability to bear the severities of the rule..
Retainer :: Retainer (n.) The act of withholding what one has in his hands by virtue of some right.
Godlike :: Godlike (a.) Resembling or befitting a god or God; divine; hence, preeminently good; as, godlike virtue..
Profligate :: Profligate (a.) Broken down in respect of rectitude, principle, virtue, or decency; openly and shamelessly immoral or vicious; dissolute; as, profligate man or wretch..
Inspire :: Inspire (v. t.) To infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence; to fill with what animates, enlivens, or exalts; to communicate inspiration to; as, to inspire a child with sentiments of virtue..
Quintessence :: Quintessence (n.) Hence: An extract from anything, containing its rarest virtue, or most subtle and essential constituent in a small quantity; pure or concentrated essence..
Impenetrability :: Impenetrability (n.) That property in virtue of which two portions of matter can not at the same time occupy the same portion of space.
Flagellant :: Flagellant (n.) One of a fanatical sect which flourished in Europe in the 13th and 14th centuries, and maintained that flagellation was of equal virtue with baptism and the sacrament; -- called also disciplinant..
Virtue :: Virtue (n.) Manly strength or courage; bravery; daring; spirit; valor.
Copy :: Copy (n.) That which is to be imitated, transcribed, or reproduced; a pattern, model, or example; as, his virtues are an excellent copy for imitation..
Seigniorage :: Seigniorage (n.) Something claimed or taken by virtue of sovereign prerogative; specifically, a charge or toll deducted from bullion brought to a mint to be coined; the difference between the cost of a mass of bullion and the value as money of the pieces coined from it..
Seed :: Seed (n.) That from which anything springs; first principle; original; source; as, the seeds of virtue or vice..
Well-being :: Well-being (n.) The state or condition of being well; welfare; happiness; prosperity; as, virtue is essential to the well-being of men or of society..
Virtuate :: Virtuate (v. t.) To make efficacious; to give virtue of efficacy.
Ellipsis :: Ellipsis (n.) Omission; a figure of syntax, by which one or more words, which are obviously understood, are omitted; as, the virtues I admire, for, the virtues which I admire..
Trial :: Trial (n.) The state of being tried or tempted; exposure to suffering that tests strength, patience, faith, or the like; affliction or temptation that exercises and proves the graces or virtues of men..
Transfer :: Transfer (n.) A pathological process by virtue of which a unilateral morbid condition on being abolished on one side of the body makes its appearance in the corresponding region upon the other side.
Ens :: Ens (n.) Something supposed to condense within itself all the virtues and qualities of a substance from which it is extracted; essence.
Frail :: Frail (superl) Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; also, unchaste; -- often applied to fallen women..
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