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virtuefy

virtuefy verb: to make virtuous.

Verb

virtuefy (third-person singular simple present virtuefies, present participle virtuefying, simple past and past participle virtuefied)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To make virtuous.
    • […] his friends sent him into the army, which they believed would "virtuefy" him; but he soon left it, a disgrace to his corps.1836, Robert Slater Bayley, Nature considered as a revelation, page 147

Forms of virtuefy

third-person singular presentvirtuefies
present participlevirtuefying
past participlevirtuefied
pastvirtuefied

Questions about virtuefy

What does virtuefy mean?
Virtuefy means to make virtuous.
What part of speech is virtuefy?
Virtuefy is a verb.
What is the past tense of virtuefy?
The past tense of virtuefy is virtuefied.

Words near virtuefy in the dictionary

  1. virtuecrat
  2. virtuecrats
  3. virtued
  4. virtuefied
  5. virtuefies
  6. virtuefy
  7. virtuefying
  8. virtueless
  9. virtuelessness
  10. virtues
  11. virtuosa

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