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eing agreeable or suitable; suitableness or conformity; consistency. The agreeableness of virtuous actions to human nature. Pearce.

ree did love each other dearly well, And with so firm affection were allied. Spenser. The virtue nearest to our vice allied. Pope.

Height of degree; highest point or degree. He is [proud] even to the altitude of his virtue. Shak.

two races; to amalgamate one race with another. Ingratitude is indeed their four cardinal virtues compacted and amalgamated into one. Burke.

Unfading, as the poetic amaranth; undying. They only amaranthine flower on earth Is virtue. Cowper.

To lose. [Obs.] A lodestone fired doth presently amit its proper virtue. Sir T. Browne.

tence or clause, at the beginning of the next, with an adjunct idea; as, "He retained his virtues amidst all his misfortunes -- misfortunes which no prudence could foresee or prevent."

To direct, designate, or limit; to make or direct a new disposition of, by virtue of a power contained in a conveyance; -- said of an estate already conveyed. Burrill. Kent. To appoint one's self, to resolve. [Obs.] Crowley.

Capable of being approached; accessible; as, approachable virtue.

The ethical theory which excludes all relations between virtue and happiness; the science of virtue; -- contrasted with eudemonics. J. Grote.

That part of moral philosophy which treats of virtue, its nature, and the means of attaining to it.

n or action of; as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the senses. Nor could her virtues the relentless hand Of Death arrest. Philips.

character, or condition of, -- limiting the view to certain attributes or relations; as, virtue considered as virtue; this actor will appear as Hamlet. The beggar is greater as a man, than is the man merely as a king. Dewey.

. Ascetic theology, the science which treats of the practice of the theological and moral virtues, and the counsels of perfection. Am. Cyc.

on the entire body of professional teachers. Grote. Who would by base aspersions blot thy virtue. Dryden.

The act of aspiring of a ardently desiring; strong wish; high desire. "Aspirations after virtue." Johnson. Vague aspiration after military renown. Prescott.

possess; to take in appearance. Ambition assuming the mask of religion. Porteus. Assume a virtue, if you have it not. Shak.

the period of death to the resurrection of the body. Thodey. That calm assumption of the virtues. W. Black.

ound with wonder, surprise, or fear. These thoughts may startle well, but not astound The virtuous mind. Milton.

Stern; austere; as, an astringent type of virtue.