单词 | invirtuate |
释义 | invirtuatev. rare. transitive. a. To make virtuous. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > [verb (transitive)] invirtuate1641 envirtue1692 virtuefy1768 virtuize1828 1641 Ld. Digby Speech Trienn. Parl. in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Third Pt. (1692) I. 149 Where is the Legislative Authority?.. In the King circled in, and invertuated by his Parliament. b. To endow with virtue or power. ΘΚΠ society > authority > power > make powerful [verb (transitive)] to set up1387 ablec1425 fortify1470 strengthen1541 power1592 empower1643 invirtuate1650 the world > action or operation > advantage > efficacy > be efficacious for [verb (transitive)] > render efficacious fortify1617 virtuate1632 invirtuate1821 1650 J. Jones Judges Judged 112 Law it self..invirtuateth, dignifieth, and authorizeth her true servants to execute her precepts. 1821 S. T. Coleridge in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 10 257 They stir and invirtuate the sphere next below them. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.1641 |
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