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virtuate

virtuate verb: to make efficacious; to give virtue of efficacy.

Verb

virtuate (third-person singular simple present virtuates, present participle virtuating, simple past and past participle virtuated)

  1. (obsolete) To make efficacious; to give virtue of efficacy.
    • to lead the Purgative to the diseaſed Part , and to virtuate it by that to purge[…]1699, Gideon Harvey, The vanities of philosophy and physick

Forms of virtuate

third-person singular presentvirtuates
present participlevirtuating
past participlevirtuated
pastvirtuated

Questions about virtuate

What does virtuate mean?
Virtuate means to make efficacious; to give virtue of efficacy.
What part of speech is virtuate?
Virtuate is a verb.
What is the past tense of virtuate?
The past tense of virtuate is virtuated.

Words near virtuate in the dictionary

  1. virtualizing
  2. virtuall
  3. virtually
  4. virtualness
  5. virtuals
  6. virtuate
  7. virtuated
  8. virtuates
  9. virtuating
  10. virtue
  11. virtue ethicist

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