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Meaning and definition for "virtue" word
[noun] the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong
[noun] a particular moral excellence
[noun] morality with respect to sexual relations
[noun] any admirable quality or attribute; "work of great merit"
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Click here if you Hate scroll, Show all | Too long, show scroll \Vir"tue\ (?; 135), n. [OE. vertu, F. vertu, L. virtus strength, courage, excellence, virtue, fr. vir a man. See {Virile}, and cf. {Virtu}.] 1. Manly strength or courage; bravery; daring; spirit; valor. [Obs.] --Shak. Built too strong For force or virtue ever to expugn. --Chapman. 2. 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. Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about. --Mark v. 30. A man was driven to depend for his security against misunderstanding, upon the pure virtue of his syntax. --De Quincey. The virtue of his midnight agony. --Keble. 3. Energy or influence operating without contact of the material or sensible substance. She moves the body which she doth possess, Yet no part toucheth, but by virtue's touch. --Sir. J. Davies. 4. Excellence; value; merit; meritoriousness; worth. I made virtue of necessity. --Chaucer. In the Greek poets, . . . the economy of poems is better observed than in Terence, who thought the sole grace and virtue of their fable the sticking in of sentences. --B. Jonson. 5. Specifically, moral excellence; integrity of character; purity of soul; performance of duty. Virtue only makes our bliss below. --Pope. If there's Power above us, And that there is all nature cries aloud Through all her works, he must delight in virtue. --Addison. 6. A particular moral excellence; as, the virtue of temperance, of charity, etc. ``The very virtue of compassion.'' --Shak. ``Remember all his virtues.'' --Addison. 7. Specifically: Chastity; purity; especially, the chastity of women; virginity. H. I believe the girl has virtue. M. And if she has, I should be the last man in the world to attempt to corrupt it. --Goldsmith. 8. pl. One of the orders of the celestial hierarchy. Thrones, dominations, princedoms, virtues, powers. --Milton. {Cardinal virtues}. See under {Cardinal}, a. {In}, or {By}, {virtue of}, through the force of; by authority of. ``He used to travel through Greece by virtue of this fable, which procured him reception in all the towns.'' --Addison. ``This they shall attain, partly in virtue of the promise made by God, and partly in virtue of piety.'' --Atterbury. {Theological virtues}, the three virtues, faith, hope, and charity. See --1 Cor. xiii. 13.
Synonyms for virtue
chastity, merit, moral excellence, sexual morality, virtuousness
Antonyms: demerit, fault
See also: cardinal virtue | good | goodness | honor | honour | morality | purity | worth |
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Let's analyse "virtue" as pure text. This string has Six letters in Two syllables and Three vowels. 50% of vowels is 11.4% more then average English word. Written in backwards: EUTRIV. Average typing speed for these characters is 1590 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology
Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
virtue: 9 + 3 + 5 = 17, reduced: 8 . and the final result is Eight.
Destiny number calculated from all letters:
virtue: 4 + 9 + 9 + 2 + 3 + 5 = 32, reduced: 5, and the final result is Five.
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Tarot cards
Letter |
Num. |
Tarot c. |
Intensity |
Meaning |
E (1) |
5 |
Hierophant |
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Wise, Crafty, Daring, Inventive |
I (1) |
9 |
Hermit |
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Independent, Researcher, Intell,igent |
R (1) |
18 |
Moon |
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Patient, Determined, Strong |
T (1) |
20 |
Judgement |
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Unswerving, Steadfast, Demanding, Forceful |
U (1) |
21 |
World |
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Gifted, Generous, Bountiful |
V (1) |
22 |
Fool |
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Fun, Joyous, Persistant, Risk taker, Childish |
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