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Bare; naked; unclothed; undraped; as, a nude statue.

That which promotes development or growth. Is not virtue in mankind The nutriment that feeds the mind Swift.

ds and punishments annexed to it. South. Religion obliges men to the practice of those virtues which conduce to the preservation of our health. Tillotson.

t important is a colorless, volatile, inflammable liquid, found in petroleum, and a constituent of benzene or ligroin.

om the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority; made or communicated by virtue of authority; as, an official statement or report.

By the proper officer; by virtue of the proper authority; in pursuance of the special powers vested in an officer or office; as, accounts or reports officially vertified or rendered; letters officially communicated; persons officially notified.

ence, one who is omnipotent; the Deity. Will Omnipotence neglect to save The suffering virtue of the wise and brave Pope.

By virtue of; with the pledge of; -- denoting a pledge or engagement, and put before the thing pledged; as, he affirmed or promised on his word, or on his honor.

To act or produce effect on the mind; to exert moral power or influence. The virtues of private persons operate but on a few. Atterbury. A plain, convincing reason operates on the mind both of a learned and ignorant hearer as long as they live. Swift.

ck, restrain, or defeat; resistance. The counterpoise of so great an opposition. Shak. Virtue which breaks through all opposition. Milton.

e of being ordained, appointed, etc. The holy and wise ordination of God. Jer. Taylor. Virtue and vice have a natural ordination to the happiness and misery of life respectively. Norris.

tribute of the multitude to a public favorite. To rain an April of ovation round Their statues. Tennyson.

To domineer over by virtue of office. [Obs.] Shak.

Open to view; public; apparent; manifest. Overt and apparent virtues bring forth praise. Bacon.

, in opinion; to think conceitedly; to presume. They that overween, And at thy growing virtues fret their spleen. Milton.

Any statue of the goddess Pallas; esp., the famous statue on the preservation of which depended the safety of ancient Troy.

f batter fried in a pan or on a griddle; a griddlecake; a flapjack. "A pancake for Shrove Tuesday." Shak.

A ceramic ware, resembling unglazed porcelain biscuit, of which are made statuettes, ornaments, etc.

actually separate or not; a piece; a fragment; a fraction; a division; a member; a constituent. And kept back part of the price, . . . and brought a certain part and laid it at the apostles'feet. Acts v. 2. Our ideas of extension and number -- do they not contain a secret relation of the parts Locke. I am a part of al…

mall portion or part; the smallest portion; as, he has not a particle of patriotism or virtue. The houses had not given their commissioners authority in the least particle to recede. Clarendon.