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adjective

Virtuous adj.

Possessing or exhibiting virtue. Specifically:

(a)

Exhibiting manly courage and strength; valorous; valiant; brave. (Obs.) "Old Priam's son, amongst them all, was chiefly virtuous."

(b)

Having power or efficacy; powerfully operative; efficacious; potent. (Obs.) "Lifting up his virtuous staff on high, He smote the sea, which calméd was with speed." "Every virtuous plant and healing herb."

(c)

Having moral excellence; characterized by morality; upright; righteous; pure; as, a virtuous action. "The virtuous mind that ever walks attended By a strong siding champion, conscience."

Chaste; pure; applied especially to women. "Mistress Ford... the virtuous creature, that hath the jealous fool to her husband."

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Etymology of 'Virtuous'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Virtuous" Quotes from Famous Books

... dispositions, with which the king is well acquainted, and even loves him dearly. But he conceives that the liberty of this son would diminish his own glory, and does not see that the ambition of Churrum greatly more tarnishes his own fame than would the virtuous character and noble actions of the other. Thus the king fosters division and emulation among his sons, putting so much power into the hands of the younger, which he believes he can undo at his pleasure, that the wisest here foresee much fatal division in this mighty ...

— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume IX. • Robert Kerr

... dressing, so as to be in her place, at the head of the chief table in the school dining-room, when eight o'clock struck. Had Miss Pew consulted her own inclination she would have reposed until a much later hour; but the maintenance of discipline compelled that she should be the head and front of all virtuous movements at Mauleverer Manor. How could she inveigh with due force against the sin of sloth if she were herself a slug-a-bed? Therefore did Miss Pew vanquish the weakness of the flesh, and rise at a quarter past ...

— The Golden Calf • M. E. Braddon

... solitude, and the certainty of a near death bow the strong spirit! It may have become darkened by fierce and unruly passions; grown callous and crime-stained amidst the roll of years, and almost destitute of a single virtuous impulse, yet, for a time, under such circumstances, a softness will gather about the heart; a thousand little harps, untuned before, quiver with a rich gush of melody, and the angel in our nature spring up and assert its influence. But no one, in whom the mind has not been ...

— Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 6 June 1848 • Various

... Lady Staines. "I judge by facts. Winn goes to church regularly, his temper is execrable, and he takes long walks by himself. A satisfied man is neither irate nor religious—and has nothing to walk off. Consequently it's a virtuous attachment. That's serious, because it will lead to the divorce court. Virtues generally lead to somebody trying to ...

— The Dark Tower • Phyllis Bottome

... given expression to this virtuous resolution as he was leaving the lawyer's door, he found himself standing face to face with ...

— Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships - A Story of the Last Naval War • W.H.G. Kingston

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