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inˈvirtuate, v. rare.
Also 7 invertuate.
[f. as next + -ate3.]
trans. a. To make virtuous. b. To endow with virtue or power.
1641Ld. Digby Sp. Trienn. Parl. in Rushw. Hist. Coll. iii. (1692) I. 149 Where is the Legislative Authority?.. In the King circled in, and invertuated by his Parliament. 1650J. Jones Judges Judged 112 Law it self..invirtuateth, dignifieth, and authorizeth her true servants to execute her precepts. 1821Coleridge in Blackw. Mag. X. 257 They stir and invirtuate the sphere next below them. |