virtuedadj.
/ˈvəːtʃuːd/, /ˈvəːtjuːd/, U.S. /ˈvərtʃud/ 1. Having moral virtue; virtuous.Also with modifying word; see also easy-virtued adj. at easy adj., adv., and n. Additions.
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a1425 (a1396) R. Maidstone Paraphr. Seven Penitential Psalms (BL Add. 39574) l. 863 in M. Day Wheatley MS (1921) 55 (MED) Ihesu..sende me grace to be vertued, So þat I may þe feend wiþstoond.
1592 W. Wyrley Lord Chandos in True Vse Armorie 84 Knight most nobliest vertued.
1732 E. Boyd Happy-unfortunate 143 Conscious how much Desire was her Foe, and, oh! how little Sleeping virtu'd Friend.
1922 W. B. Tucker Laurentian Tales ii. 270 The country characters arise, The conscienced sires, and virtued dames.
2008 J. M. Shields Eschatol. Imagination ii. 78 A life of virtued existence.
2. Endowed with (magical) power, strength, or efficacy. Now rare.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > efficacy > [adjective] > endowed with virtue or efficacy
virtuala1398
invirtued1609
virtued1609
the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [adjective] > having beneficial power
virtued1609
1609 T. Heywood Troia Britanica iv. 80 He discends unto his knees Taking the vertued Chaplet from his head.
1635 F. Quarles Emblemes v. iv. 258 But has the virtu'd Steele a pow'r to move? Or can the untouch'd Needle point aright?
1797 A. S. Cottle tr. Icelandic Poetry 91 Again behold this wand I lift, Virtued with the wond'rous gift.
1897 J. Primmer J. Primmer in Rome (1903) 110 The old woman..rubs her hand on the toes and passes the virtued hand across the child's forehead.
1903 New Orleans Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 55 693 Certain individuals are endowed with the power of curing by ‘pow-wow’..; usually the victim of disease brings in two or three of those so virtued.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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