Webster's Dictionary 1828

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VIRTUOUSLY

VIR'TUOUSLY, adverb In a virtuous manner; in conformity with the moral law or with duty; as a life virtuously spent.A child virtuously educated.

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VIRTUOUSNESS

VIR'TUOUSNESS, noun The state or character of being virtuous.

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VIRULENCE

VIR'ULENCE, 'ULENCY, noun [from virulent.]1. That renders it extremely active in doing injury; acrimony; malignancy; as the virulence of poison.2. Acrimony of temper; extreme bi...

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VIRULENT

VIR'ULENT, adjective [Latin virulentus, from virus, poison, that is, strength, from the same root as vir, vireo. See Venom.]1. Extremely active in doing injury; very poisonous o...

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VIRULENTLY

VIR'ULENTLY, adverb With malignant activity; with bitter spite or severity.

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VIRUS

VI'RUS, noun [Latin See Virulent.] Foul or contagious matter of an ulcer, postule, etc.; poison.

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VIS-A-VIS

VIS-A-VIS, n. A carriage in which two persons sit face to face.

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VISAGE

VIS'AGE, noun s as z. [Latin visus, video.]The face; the countenance or look of a person, or of other animal; chiefly applied to human beings; as a wolfish visageLove and beauty...

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VISAGED

VIS'AGED, adjective Having a visage or countenance.

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VISCERA

VIS'CERA, noun [Latin] The bowels or intestines; the contents of the abdomen and thorax.In its most general sense, the organs contained in any cavity of the body, particularly i...

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VISCERAL

VIS'CERAL, adjective [Latin viscera.]1. Pertaining to the viscera or intestines.2. Feeling; having sensibility. [Unusual.]

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VISCERATE

VIS'CERATE, verb transitive [supra.] To exenterate; to embowel; to deprive of the entrails or viscera. [Eviscerate is generally used.]

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VISCID

VIS'CID, adjective [Latin viscidus; viscus, birdlime.] Glutinous; sticky; tenacious; not readily separating; as, turpentine, tar, gums, etc. are more or less viscid

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VISCIDITY

VISCID'ITY, noun1. Glutinousness; tenacity; stickiness.2. Glutinous concretion.

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VISCOSITY

VISCOS'ITY,VISCOUNT, noun vi'count. [Latin vice-comes.]1. An officer who formerly supplied the place of the count or earl; the sheriff of the country.2. A degree or title of nob...

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VISCOUNT

VISCOUNT, n. vi'count. [L. vice-comes.]1. An officer who formerly supplied the place of the count or earl; the sheriff of the country.2. A degree or title of nobility next in ra...

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VISCOUNTESS

VISCOUNTESS, noun vi'countess. The lady of a viscount; a peeress of the fourth order.

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VISCOUNTSHIP

VISCOUNTSHIP, noun vi'countship.

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VISCOUNTY

VISCOUNTY, noun vi'county. The quality and office of a viscount.

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VISCOUS

VIS'COUS, adjective [Latin viscus, birdlime.]Glutinous; clammy; sticky; adhesive; tenacious; as a viscous juice.

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VISCOUSNESS

VIS'COUSNESS, noun Glutinousness; tenacity; viscidity; that quality of soft substances which makes them adhere so as not to be easily parted.

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VISE

VISE, noun An engine or instrument for griping and holding things, closed by a screw; used by artificers.

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VISHNU

VISH'NU, noun In the Hindoo mythology, the name of one of the chief deities of the trimurti or triad. He is the second person of this unity, and a personification of the preserv...

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VISIBILITY

VISIBIL'ITY, noun s as z.1. The state or quality of being perceivable to the eye; as the visibility of minute particles, or of distant objects.2. The state of being discoverable...

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VISIBLE

VIS'IBLE, adjective s as z. [Latin visibilis.]1. Perceivable by the eye; that can be seen; as a visible star; the least spot is visible on white paper; air agitated by heat beco...

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VISIBLENESS

VIS'IBLENESS, noun State or quality of being visible; visibility.

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VISIBLY

VIS'IBLY, adverb In a manner perceptible to the eye. The day is visibly governed by the sun; the tides are visibly governed by the moon.