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e the one that has most of the look of a caricature. I. Taylor. A grotesque caricature of virtue. Macaulay.

Actually existing; sure to happen; inevitable. Virtue that directs our ways Through certain dangers to uncertain praise. Dryden. Death, as the Psalmist saith, is certain to all. Shak.

eep in slavery; to enslave. And which more blest who chained his country, say Or he whose virtue sighed to lose a day Pope.

Pure from unlawful sexual intercourse; virtuous; continent. "As chaste as Diana." Shak. Whose bed is undefiled and chaste pronounced. Milton.

ulge; to encourage; to foster; to promote; as, to cherish religious principle. To cherish virtue and humanity. Burke.

Becoming to a Christian. A virtuous and a Christianlike conclusion. Shak.

To bespeak; to indicate. [Obs.] Aged honor cites a virtuous youth. Shak.

To ask for, or seek to obtain, by virtue of authority, right, or supposed right; to challenge as a right; to demand as due.

othing but what is perfectly suitable to, and coincident with, the ruling principles of a virtuous and well- inclined man. South.

of comparison. There is no blessing of life comparable to the enjoyment of a discreet and virtuous friend. Addison. -- Com"pa*ra*ble*ness, n. -- Com"pa*ra*bly, adv.

ent; satisfaction; gratification. The inward complacence we find in acting reasonably and virtuously. Atterbury. Others proclaim the infirmities of a great man with satisfaction and complacency, if they discover none of the like in themselves. Addison.

chieved with blows. Shak. All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter. Burke. An abhorrence of concession and compromise is a never failing characteristic of religious factions. Hallam.

onnection between cause and effect. Whewell. The eternal and inserable connection between virtue and hapiness. Atterbury.

ons; consciousness. [Obs.] The sweetest cordial we receive, at last, Is conscience of our virtuous actions past. Denham.

A stamp; an indication; a sign. [Obs.] The most certain consignations of an excellent virtue. Jer. Taylor.

constitute or compose; elemental; essential. An ingredient and constitutive part of every virtue. Barrow.

nt or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect. "A man of perfect and consummate virtue." Addison. The little band held the post with consummate tenacity. Motley

nate our figures with base bribes Shak. I would neither have simplicity imposed upon, nor virtue contaminated. Goldsmith.

me a staff of honor for mine age, But not a scepter to control the world. Shak. I feel my virtue struggling in my soul: But stronger passion does its power control. Dryden.

r, as by putting the predicate for the subject, and the subject for the predicate; as, no virtue is vice, no vice is virtue.