Definition of virtue

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

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Evil :: Evil (n.) Moral badness, or the deviation of a moral being from the principles of virtue imposed by conscience, or by the will of the Supreme Being, or by the principles of a lawful human authority; disposition to do wrong; moral offence; wickedness; depravity..
Specific :: Specific (a.) Of or pertaining to a species; characterizing or constituting a species; possessing the peculiar property or properties of a thing which constitute its species, and distinguish it from other things; as, the specific form of an animal or a plant; the specific qualities of a drug; the specific distinction between virtue and vice..
Excellency :: Excellency (n.) Excellence; virtue; dignity; worth; superiority.
Virtue :: Virtue (n.) Energy or influence operating without contact of the material or sensible substance.
Worthiness :: Worthiness (n.) The quality or state of being worthy; desert; merit; excellence; dignity; virtue; worth.
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..
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..
Hypothecation :: Hypothecation (n.) The act or contract by which property is hypothecated; a right which a creditor has in or to the property of his debtor, in virtue of which he may cause it to be sold and the price appropriated in payment of his debt. This is a right in the thing, or jus in re..
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..
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..
Symptomatic :: Symptom (n.) A sign or token; that which indicates the existence of something else; as, corruption in elections is a symptom of the decay of public virtue..
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..
Demand :: Demand (v. t.) The right or title in virtue of which anything may be claimed; as, to hold a demand against a person..
Aretology :: Aretology (n.) That part of moral philosophy which treats of virtue, its nature, and the means of attaining to it..
Reach :: Reach (v. t.) To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent; as, his land reaches the river..
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..
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..
Worthless :: Worthless (a.) Destitute of worth; having no value, virtue, excellence, dignity, or the like; undeserving; valueless; useless; vile; mean; as, a worthless garment; a worthless ship; a worthless man or woman; a worthless magistrate..
As :: As (adv. & conj.) In the idea, character, or condition of, -- limiting the view to certain attributes or relations; as, virtue considered as virtue; this actor will appear as Hamlet..
Virtue :: Virtue (n.) Specifically, moral excellence; integrity of character; purity of soul; performance of duty..
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