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virtuefying

virtuefying is the present participle and gerund of virtuefy.

Meaning of virtuefy

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

Questions about virtuefying

What is virtuefying the present participle and gerund of?
Virtuefying is the present participle and gerund of virtuefy.

Words near virtuefying in the dictionary

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

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