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virtuating

virtuating is the present participle and gerund of virtuate.

Meaning of virtuate

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

Questions about virtuating

What is virtuating the present participle and gerund of?
Virtuating is the present participle and gerund of virtuate.

Words near virtuating in the dictionary

  1. virtualness
  2. virtuals
  3. virtuate
  4. virtuated
  5. virtuates
  6. virtuating
  7. virtue
  8. virtue ethicist
  9. virtue ethicists
  10. virtue ethics
  11. Virtue is her own reward

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