Virtue

Definitions: Virtue

Virtue

Noun

1. The quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong.

2. Any admirable quality or attribute; "work of great merit".

3. Morality with respect to sexual relations.

4. A particular moral excellence.

Date "virtue" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Etymology: Virtue \Vir"tue\, noun. [from Old English expression vertu, French vertu, from Latin expression virtus strength, courage, excellence, virtue, from vir man. See Virile, and compare to Virtu.]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definitions
19th Century Satire	A quality oftentimes associated with intelligence, but rarely with beauty. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Virtue

Synonyms: chastity (n), merit (n), moral excellence (n), sexual morality (n), virtuousness (n). (additional references)

Antonym: demerit (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Courage	Manliness, manhood; nerve, pluck, mettle, game; heart, heart of grace; spunk, guts, face, virtue, hardihood, fortitude, intestinal fortitude; firmness; (stability); heart of oak; bottom, backbone, spine; (perseverance) a. resolution; (determination); bulldog courage.
Inexpedience	Noun: goodness; Adjective: excellence, merit; virtue; value, worth, price.
Power	Capability, capacity; quid valeant humeri quid ferre recusent; faculty, quality, attribute, endowment, virtue, gift, property, qualification, susceptibility.
Purity	Noun: purity; decency, decorum, delicacy; continence, chastity, honesty, virtue, modesty, shame; pudicity, pucelage, virginity.
Right	Morals; (duty); law; honor; (probity); virtue.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Let's see this paragon of virtue! Is he as good as you say? (His Girl Friday; writing credit: Ben Hecht; Charles MacArthur) I want her to believe in love and virtue and the sanctity of marriage, and still not be able to stop herself. (Dangerous Liaisons; writing credit: Christopher Hampton. based on the novel 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses' by Choderlos de Laclos.) Maybe there ain't no sin and there ain't no virtue, they's just what people does. (The Grapes of Wrath; writing credit: John Steinbeck; Nunnally Johnson) Villainy wears many masks, none of which so dangerous as virtue (Sleepy Hollow; writing credit: Kevin Yagher) Someday someone's going to have to explain to me the virtue of a proportional response. (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin)
Clever	Virtue has never been as respectable as money. (references; author: Mark Twain) First secure an independent income, then practice virtue. (references; author: Greek Proverb) He who finds pleasure in vice and pain in virtue, is still a novice in both. (references; author: Chinese Proverb) Patience is the silken cord on which are strung the pearls of virtue. (references; author: unknown)
Movie/TV Titles	Virtue (1970) Uneasy Virtue (1931) Easy Virtue (1927) Wages of Virtue (1924) The Price of Virtue Madame Recamier; Or (1923)
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Domain	Title
Books	A Woman of Virtue (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Blackmail (1929)/Easy Virtue (reference) Warriors of Virtue (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Virtual Virtue (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	Ultima: Runes of Virtue 2 (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
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	Wagon Train Scene on Virtue Flat.Credit: BLM Staff.		Line engraving published in "Virtue", depicting the battle, which took place on the lower Mississippi River during the night of 24 April 1862. A key to the forts and specific U.S. and Confederate ships is given at the bottom of the view. The ships include USS Varuna (in action with Confederate gunboats), USS Brooklyn, USS Pawnee (which was not present), USS Hartford (Farragut's flagship, with a fire raft alongside), USS Pensacola, USS Mississippi, CSS Louisiana (exploding), CSS Manassas and Federal mortar vessels.Credit: NAVY.
	Line engraving published in "Virtue", depicting the battle, which took place on the lower Mississippi River during the night of 24 April 1862. A key to the forts and specific U.S. and Confederate ships is given at the bottom of the view. The ships include USS Varuna (in action with Confederate gunboats), USS Brooklyn, USS Pawnee (which was not present), USS Hartford (Farragut's flagship, with a fire raft alongside), USS Pensacola, USS Mississippi, CSS Louisiana (exploding), CSS Manassas and Federal mortar vessels.Credit: NAVY.		Engraved portrait by J. Rodgers, published during the 19th Century by Virtue, Emmins & Co., New York, as part of a print entitled "American Naval Commanders".Credit: NAVY.
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Author	Quotation
Baron de Montesquieu	Virtue has need of limits.
Edward Young	Virtue alone has majesty in death.
John Dryden	Virtue is its own reward.
John Milton	Virtue that wavers is not virtue.
Marquis De Vauvenargues	Vice stirs up war, virtue fights.
Oliver Goldsmith	Tenderness is a virtue.
Samuel Johnson	Virtue is too often merely local.
Thomas Fuller	Virtue is the only true nobility.
Thomas Paine	Virtue is not hereditary.
Titus Livy	Persevere in virtue and diligence.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Author	Date	Quotation
John Locke	1690	It is certain their laws, by virtue of any sanction they receive from the promulgated will of the legislative, reach not a stranger: they speak not to him, nor, if they did, is he bound to hearken to them. (Second Treatise of Government)
The Emancipation Proclamation	1862	And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are, and henceforward shall be, free; and that the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons. (Abraham Lincoln)
Treaty of Versailles	1919	Those persons who have regained French nationality in virtue of paragraph 1 of the Annex hereto will be held to be Alsace-Lorrainers for the purposes of the present Section. (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Emma	Austen, Jane	Mr. Weston, on his side, added a virtue to the account which must have some weight.
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	Like an owl who should see the sun suddenly rise, the convict had been dazzled and blinded by virtue.
Imitation of Horace	John Dryden	And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Joyce, James	It was beautiful to live if God so willed, to live in grace a life of peace and virtue and forbearance with others.
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	And she strode away titanically, and her eyes shone with virtue.
Gulliver's Travels	Swift, Jonathan	Yet perhaps the virtue of those reverend sages was too strict for the corrupt and libertine manners of a court.
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	We have heard of this virtue, but we know not what it is.
Antony and Cleopatra	William Shakespeare	Ambition, the soldier's virtue, rather makes choice of loss, than gain which darkens him.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		A diet reduced in total and saturated fat and cholesterol has been recommended for all Americans to decrease the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). Patients with NIDDM are at increased risk for CHD by virtue of their diabetes. (references)
Business		The UK is a leader in the E&T sector by virtue of campaigns to offer general English courses and overseas study from an early stage. (references)
Civil Liberties	Saudi Arabia	The Government prohibits dual citizenship; however, children who holding other citizenship by virtue of birth abroad increasingly are permitted to leave the country using non-Saudi passports. (references)
Economic History	Syria	Syria plays an important role in Lebanon by virtue of its history, size, power, and economy. (references)
	Maldives	It is not rigid, since rank is based on varied factors, including occupation, wealth, Islamic virtue, and family ties. (references)
Human Rights	Nauru	Cases may be brought before the High Court of Australia on Criminal and Civil Actions by virtue of the Appeals Act; however, legal decisions rarely are so reviewed. (references)
Minorities	Cote d'Ivoire	However, the new law does not transfer a land title from the traditional owner to the user simply by virtue of use. (references)
Political Economy	Turkey	The Justice and Development Party was established only two months after the Turkish Constitutional Court banned Fazilet (the Virtue Party). (references)
Political Rights	Swaziland	Besides the Swazi Administration Act of 1998, chiefs traditionally are empowered by virtue of unwritten customary laws to impose fines and some form of punishment to their subjects. (references)
Trade	Switzerland	Although similar to cantonal banks by virtue of their local character, most regional and savings banks are corporations or cooperative societies. (references)
	South Africa	In May 1995, the amended provisions of the 1990 Bank Act came into operation by virtue of a Proclamation by the President of the Republic, thereby allowing for the conducting of business by a foreign financial institution by means of a branch office in South Africa. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	UGLINESS, n. A gift of the gods to certain women, entailing virtue without humility.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Bob Jones	Well, of course I think an American should be free to do whatever he wants. That's the beauty of this country. I'm glad we had Christian forefathers who understood the virtue of liberty.
Rush Limbaugh	Liberals in this country are making a virtue out of failure because we're making failures victims.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
George Washington	1789-1797	Besides that, it should be repugnant to the vital principles of our Government virtually to exclude from public trusts talents and virtue unless accompanied by wealth.
John Adams	1797-1801	May this territory be the residence of virtue and happiness!
Thomas Jefferson	1801-1809	Utterly, indeed, should I despair did not the presence of many whom I here see remind me that in the other high authorities provided by our Constitution I shall find resources of wisdom, of virtue, and of zeal on which to rely under all difficulties.
James Monroe	1817-1825	Of the virtue of the people and of the heroic exploits of the Army, the Navy, and the militia I need not speak.
Andrew Jackson	1829-1837	To avoid this delay our minister in Paris, in virtue of the assurance given by the French minister in the United States, strongly urged the convocation of the Chambers at an earlier day, but without success.
James Buchanan	1857-1861	Public virtue is the vital spirit of republics, and history proves that when this has decayed and the love of money has usurped its place, although the forms of free government may remain for a season, the substance has departed forever.
George Bush	1989-1993	I pride myself that I'm a prudent man, and I believe that patience is a virtue, but I understand politics is, for some, a game and that sometimes the game is to stop all progress and then decry the lack of improvement.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Virtue" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.84% of the time. "Virtue" is used about 1,858 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	99.84%	1,855	4,591
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	0.11%	2	245,945
Noun (proper)	0.05%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	1,858	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "virtue" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Virtue	Last name	200	36,559
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

Expressions using "virtue": a woman of easy virtue ♦ a woman of virtue ♦ by virtue of ♦ cardinal virtue ♦ in virtue of ♦ make a virtue of necessity ♦ natural virtue ♦ paragon of virtue ♦ supernatural virtue ♦ theological virtue ♦ virtue of. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "virtue": easy-virtue.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "virtue"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		virtyt (goodness, morality), veti (attribute, character, peculiarity, point), ndershmëri (fair dealing, honesty, honor, honour, integrity, probity, rectitude, righteousness, scrupulosity, straightforwardness, truth), mirësi (benefaction, boon, gentleness, goodness, grace, graces, kindness, warmth, well doing), meritë (desert, merit). (various references)

Arabic		‏فضيلة (excellence, grace, morality, recommendation), ‏قوة (ability, agency, arm, authority, birr, capacity, clout, dint, energy, faculty, force, forcefulness, forcing, hardihood, intension, intensity, iron, leverage, might, operation, potency, power, severity, sinew, solidity, stamina, starch, stoutness, strength, vehemence, vigor, vigour, violence, virility), ‏تأثير (action, affection, effect, effectiveness, hold, impact, impress, leverage, lobbying, prestige, puissance, pull, tutelage), ‏عفة (chastity, prudery, pureness, righteousness, sagacity), ‏طهارة (asepsis, candor, candour, chastity, honor, honour, innocence, prudery, pureness, purgation, purification, purity, refinement, righteousness, saintliness, tidiness), ‏إستقامة (bluntness, consistency, honesty, integrity, justice, probity, propriety, rectitude, righteousness, sanity, squareness, straightforwardness, straightness). (various references)

Bulgarian		сила (definition, drive, dynamism, effect, energy, feck, fiber, fibre, flush, force, forcefulness, forte, goodness, hardness, impetus, intension, intensity, inwardness, kick, lustiness, medium, might, mightiness, muscle, muscularity, nerve, pith, potency, power, prowess, punch, sinews, snap, stamina, strength, stringency, tenacity, thews, tuck, vehemence, verve, vigor, vigour, vim, vinegar, violence, virility, virulence, vis, volume, zap, zip), целомъдрие (chastity, continence), ефикасност (effectiveness, efficacy, force), добродетел (excellence), добро свойство, добро качество (recommendation). (various references)

Chinese		�"德 (moral, morality), 贤良 (VIRTUES), 德 (character, ethics, favor, Germany, goodness, kind, kindness, morality). (various references)

Czech		stateènost (fortitude, gallantry, grit, prowess, stoutness, valiancy), poèetnost, přednost (advantage, asset, merit, precedence, preeminence, preference, priority, quality, reward), ctnost (morality, quality), úèinnost (effectiveness, efficacy, efficiency). (various references)

Danish		takket vaere den hoeje masseabsorptionskoefficient blev lavenergetisk roentgenstraaling naesten helt absorberet (by virtue of the high mass absorption coefficient, low-energy X-radiation was almost entirely absorbed), lov-eller vedtægtsmæssig forpligtelse (compulsory by virtue of a statute or regulation), Geiger-taelleren reagerer paa roentgen- og gammastraaling paa grund af sekundaere elektroner loesrevet fra vaegmaterialet og fra gassen i taelleren (the Geiger counter responds to X- and gamma-radiations by virtue of the secondary electrons ejected from the wall material and the gas filling of the counter), det offentliges deltagelse i offentlige virksomheder,som har en vedtægt,som gør dem til juridiske personer (investments by general government in the capital of public enterprises which by virtue of special legislation are recognized as independent legal entities). (various references)

Dutch		stevigheid (strength, sturdiness), soliditeit, deugdelĳkheid, deugdelýkheid, degelĳkheid, degelýkheid. (various references)

Esperanto		solideco, bonkvaliteco. (various references)

Farsi		پاکدامنی (Chastity, Probity, Purity, Sacrosanctity), پرهیزکاری (Holiness, Sanctity), تقوا (Pietism, Piety), عفت (Honor, Modesty, Purity), خاصیت (Nature, Navigate, Property, Quale). (various references)

Finnish		siveys (chastity), hyveellisyys (virtuousness), hyve, avu (merit, quality). (various references)

French		vertu (vice), mérite, avantage. (various references)

German		Wirksamkeit (action, activity, effect, effectiveness, effectuality, efficacy, efficiency, function, potency), Vorzug (advantage, asset, excellence, favourable terms, merit, precedence, preference, privilege, train before, train in front), tugend (goodness, morality, vice, virtuousness). (various references)

Greek		αρετή (quality, virtuousness). (various references)

Hebrew		מוסריות (moralism, morality), מ�"�" טוב�", יושר (equity, honesty, integrity, probity, rectitude, righteousness, sincerity, straight, straightness), אמץ (courage, nerve, pertness, stoutness, strength), טו�"ר (brightness, chastity, cleanness, purity), ס�'ול�" (mascot, merit, peculiarity, property, qualification, qualifications, quality, remedy, trait, treasure). (various references)

Hungarian		erény (honor, honour, morality), érték (equivalent, rate, value, worth). (various references)

Indonesian		kebajikan (benevolence, good deeds, worthiness). (various references)

Italian		virtù (virtuousness). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		貞節 (chastity, fidelity), 貞淑 (chastity, feminine modesty, fidelity), 貞�"� (chastity, fidelity). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		�"うのう (benefit, effect, efficacy), ていしゅく (chastity, feminine modesty, fidelity), ていそう (chastity, fidelity, forwarding, low class), とっ�"う (goodness, of particular efficacy, political or thought control police, special efficacy, virtuous act or deeds, virtuous conduct), とくもく, じ�" (9th in rank, as, as it is, as one likes, battle formation, because, benevolence, camp, charity, encampment, humanity, man, ninth sign of the Chinese calendar, people, person), ていせつ (chastity, established theory, fidelity), めいとく, ぜ�"し�" (advance, ancestor, antecedents, conscience, drive, full-length, gradual progress, moral sense, one's whole heart, predecessor organization, preliminary trials, previous existence, previous position, progress, steady advance, the whole body), びて�" (charm, good point, merit), びとく, びしつ (diseases of the nose, good qualities), ききめ (effect, efficacy, impression), ぜ�" (ago, all, before, cancer, complete, entire, former, good, goodness, meal, niche or alcove for an image, one-time, overall, pan, prayer, previous, right, table, the above, tray, vow, whole, wish, Zen), ぜ�"りょう (colorant, content, excellence, goodness, the whole quantity, whole dormitory: every dormitory), よさ (good quality, merit). (various references)

Korean		미덕 (Goodness, VIRTUES). (various references)

Manx		mie (fair, favourable, good, goodly, goodness, moral, nice, pious, ready, virtuous), grayse (charisma, grace), bree (animation, drift, effect, energy, essence, exhalation, gist, glow, implication, importance, initiative, interpretation, inwardness, power, significance, stamina, validity, vigour). (various references)

Pig Latin		irtuevay

Portuguese		virtude (merit, morality, vice, well doing), valor (account, amount, chalk, grade, importance, investment in securities, man hour, merit, point, prowess, purchase, quality, rating, security, stock, valiancy, valuation, value, worth), retidão (accuracy, honesty, integrity, justice, rectitude, righteousness), qualidade (alloy, brand, capacitance, capacity, chop, first and seconds, kind, part, predicate, prime, property, quality, raciness, siege, sort, standard, stuff), mérito (desert, deserving, merit, nobleness, quality, worth), excelência moral, bondade (alms deed, benignity, charity, goodness, grace, humaneness, humanize, indulgence, kindliness, kindness). (various references)

Romanian		virtute (chastity, courage), valoare (acception, account, amount, assessment, caliber, calibre, consequence, cost, denomination, importance, interest, merit, price, purchase, quality, relief, time value, use, value, weight, worth), energie (activity, backbone, bottom, briskness, drive, energy, force, gimp, go, gumption, might, nerve, pep, pepper, peppiness, pith, pithiness, power, punch, sap, snap, soul, spirit, spunk, strength, vigor, vigour, vim, zip), cinste (appreciation, ceremony, chastity, consideration, credit, crown, esteem, fairness, faith, faithfulness, fame, Favor, favour, fealty, gift, glory, honesty, honor, honour, integrity, morality, probity, repute, respect, straight, treat, truth, uprightness), castitate (chastity, Maidenhead, maidenhood, modesty), calitate (affection, assets, attribute, character, class, feature, grade, kind, Mark, merit, property, quality, rank, rate, sort, staple, title), bunãtate (benignity, bounty, dainties, feeling, goodness, kind-heartedness, kindliness, kindness), însuşire (adoption, appropriation, assimilation, attribute, feature, peculiarity, property, qualification, trait). (various references)

Russian		достоинство (denomination, dignity, merit, merit 2, worthiness). (various references)

Scottish		subhailc (moral goodness), feart (a virtue, attention, deed, efficiency, notice : na toir feart), buadh, beus (behaviour, conduct, habit). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		vrlina, svojstvo (capacity, characteristic, feature, trait), čednost (morality, virginity). (various references)

Spanish		virtud (ability, chastity, courage, energy, force, merit, morality, purity, righteousness, strength, vice, vigour). (various references)

Swedish		kraft (drive, energy, force, impact, impetus, intensity, kick, lustiness, might, pith, pizzazz, potency, power, sinew, strength, vigor, vigour, vim, virulence), dygd (chastity, goodness). (various references)

Turkish		namus (decency, honesty, honor, honour, purity, virginity), meziyet (merit, superiority), iffet (chastity, modesty, purity), fazilet (merit, prig), etki (action, bearing, clout, drag, drift, effect, effectiveness, efficacy, efficiency, force, forcefulness, hold, impact, impress, impression, imprint, incidence, influence, interest, jolt, leaven, penetration, point, potency, pull, purchase, reflection, reflexion, ring, sound, stamp, sway, weight), erdem (grace, merit), üstünlük (advantage, altitude, ascendancy, ascendency, beat, championship, class, distinction, dominance, edge, eligibility, excellence, head start, hegemony, lordship, mastery, odds, overweight, pre eminence, precedence, predominance, preponderance, primacy, spirit, supereminence, superiority, supremacy, transcendence, whip hand). (various references)

Turkmen		mertebe (dignity, merit). (various references)

Ukranian		якість (affections, caliber, calibre, grade, property, quality, tenor, texture), цнотливість (chastity), доброчесність (chastity, goodness, righteousness). (various references)

Vietnamese		vì (owing), tiết nghĩa công dụng, tính tốt trinh tiết, tác dụng (action, agency, force, weight), hiệu quả (effect), hiệu lực theo, đức hạnh đức tính, đức. (various references)

Welsh		rhinwedd, rhin (essence). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	recte, rectene, rectorum, rectum, sanctimonia, sanctimoniam, sanctitas, sanctitate, sanctitatis, virtus, virtute, virtutem, virtutes, virtutesque, virtuti, virtutibus, virtutis, virtutisque, virtutum. (various references)
Avestan	200-600	vanghanaca. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Acts Chapter 3, Verse 12
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Idwn de petroV apekrinato proV ton laon andreV israhlitai ti qaumazete epi toutw h hmin ti atenizete wV idia dunamei h eusebeia pepoihkosin tou peripatein auton
Latin	405	Vulgate	Videns autem Petrus respondit ad populum viri israhelitae quid miramini in hoc aut nos quid intuemini quasi nostra virtute aut pietate fecerimus hunc ambulare
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And Petre siy, and answeride to the puple, Men of Israel, what wondren ye in this thing? ether what biholden ye vs, as by oure vertue ethir power we maden this man for to walke?
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	When Peter sawe that he answered vnto the people. Ye men of Israel why marvayle ye at this or why looke ye so stedfastly on vs as though by oure awne power or holynes we had made this man goo?
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk?
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And when Peter saw it, he answered to the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk?
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And when Peter saw it he said to the people, You men of Israel, why are you so greatly surprised at this man? or why are you looking at us as if by our power or virtue we had given him the use of his legs?
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Acts Chapter 3, Verse 12
Albanian	Dhe Pjetri, duke parë këtë gjë, i foli popullit duke thënë: ''Burra të Izraelit, pse po mrrekulloheni për këtë? Ose pse po na i ngulni sytë sikur ne me fuqinë tonë të vetme ose me perëndishmëri të kishim bërë që ky njeri të ecë?
Cebuano	¶ Ug sa pagkakita ni Pedro niini, ang mga tawo iyang gisultihan nga nag-ingon, "Mga taga-Israel, nganong inyo man kining gikahibudngan, ug nganong inyo man kaming ginatotukan nga daw kami gayud mao ang nakahimo kaniya sa pagpalakaw pinaagi sa among kaugalingong kagahum o pagkadiosnon?
Croatian	Kada to vidje Petar, obrati se narodu: "Izraelci, što se ovomu èudite? Ili što nas gledate kao da smo svojom snagom ili pobožnošæu postigli da ovaj prohoda?
Danish	Men da Peter så det, talte han til Folket: "I israelitiske Mænd! Hvorfor undre I eder over dette? eller hvorfor stirre I på os, som om vi af egen Magt eller Gudfrygtighed havde gjort, at han kan gå?
Dutch	En Petrus, dat ziende, antwoordde tot het volk: Gij Israelietische mannen, wat verwondert gij u over dit, of wat ziet gij zo sterk op ons, alsof wij door onze eigen kracht of godzaligheid dezen hadden doen wandelen?
Finnish	Sen nähdessään Pietari rupesi puhumaan kansalle ja sanoi: "Israelin miehet, mitä te tätä ihmettelette, tai mitä te meitä noin katselette, ikäänkuin me omalla voimallamme tai hurskaudellamme olisimme saaneet hänet kävelemään.
French	Pierre, voyant cela, dit au peuple: Hommes Israélites, pourquoi vous étonnez-vous de cela? Pourquoi avez-vous les regards fixés sur nous, comme si c`était par notre propre puissance ou par notre piété que nous eussions fait marcher cet homme?
German	Als Petrus das sah, antwortete er dem Volk: Ihr Männer von Israel, was wundert ihr euch darüber, oder was sehet ihr auf uns, als hätten wir diesen wandeln gemacht durch unsere eigene Kraft oder Verdienst?
Hungarian	Mikor pedig ezt látta Péter, monda a népnek: Izráel férfiai, mit csodálkoztok ezen, vagy mit néztek mi reánk, mintha tulajdon erõnkkel vagy jámborságunkkal míveltük volna azt, hogy az járjon?
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Ketika Petrus melihat orang-orang itu, ia berkata kepada mereka, "Hai orang-orang Israel, mengapa Saudara-saudara heran akan hal ini? Mengapa kalian melihat terus pada kami? Apa kalian kira orang ini dapat berjalan karena ada kuasa pada kami atau karena kami taat kepada Allah?
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Tatkala Petrus melihat hal itu, lalu berkatalah ia kepada segenap kaum itu, "Hai orang Israel, apakah sebabnya kamu heran akan hal orang ini? Dan apa sebabnya kamu menatap kami seolah-olah dengan kuasa atau ibadat kami sendiri orang ini kami beri berjalan?
Latvian	To redzçdams, Pçteris sacîja tautai: Izraçlieðu vîri, ko jûs brînâties par to, vai ko skatâties uz mums it kâ mçs ar savu spçku un varu bûtu padarîjuði to, ka ðis staigâ?
Maori	¶ A, i te kitenga o Pita, ka whai kupu atu ia ki te iwi, E nga tangata o Iharaira, he aha ta koutou e miharo nei ki tenei tangata? he aha hoki koutou ka whakamau ai te titiro ki a maua, me te mea he mana no maua ake he ngakau karakia ranei i meati a ai ia kia haere?
Norwegian	Da Peter så dette, svarte han folket: Israelittiske menn! Hvorfor undrer I eder over dette? eller hvorfor stirrer I på oss som om vi av vår egen kraft eller gudsfrykt hadde gjort at han går omkring?
Rumanian	Petru, cknd a vqzut lucrul acesta, a luat cuvkntul, wi a zis norodului: ,,Bqrbayi Israeliyi, pentruce vq mirayi de lucrul acesta? Dece vq uitayi cu ochii yintq la noi, ca wi cum prin puterea noastrq sau prin cucernicia noastrq am fi fqcut pe omul acesta sq umble?
Shuar	¶ Aents Káunkarun Pítiur Wáiniak, chicharuk "Israer-shuartiram, ¿urukamtai winiasha Imiá iirum? tiarmiayi. ¿Iisha pénker asarik~i tsuarmaj~i? ¿Ii kakarmarijiainkik~i ewekamsamaj~i?
Swahili	Basi, Petro alipowaona watu hao akawaambia, "Wananchi wa Israeli, kwa nini mnashangazwa na jambo hili? Mbona mnatukodolea macho kana kwamba ni kwa nguvu zetu au utakatifu wetu sisi wenyewe tumemfanya mtu huyu aweze kutembea?
Swedish	När Petrus såg detta, tog han till orda och talade till folket så: "I män av Israel, varför undren I över denne man, och varför sen I så på oss, likasom hade vi genom någon vår kraft eller fromhet åstadkommit att han kan gå?
Uma	¶ Kanahilo-na Petrus tauna to wori' toera, na'uli' -raka: "Ompi' -ompi' -ku to Israel! Napa pai' konce-koi mpohilo to jadi' tohe'i-e? Napa to ntora nikamata-kakai? Ba ni'uli' -koina, pai' -i momako' tauna toei-e, apa' ria baraka' -kai, ba ngkai kamoroli' nono-kai? Uma-hawoe'!
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "virtue": virtueless, virtues. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Virtue" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Vartaq, vertue, verture, vertus, virtua, virtued, virtuel, virtuer, virture, virtus, virum, virun, vitr, vitrine, vittu, vittue, vitu, vorue, votue, vurtue. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "virtue" (pronounced 'Vir"tue'): Battue, Festue. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-i-r-t-u-v"
	-1 letter: rivet, uteri, vertu, virtu.
	-2 letters: etui, rite, rive, tier, tire, true, vert, vier.
	-3 letters: ire, rei, ret, rev, rue, rut, tie, tui, vet, vie.
	-4 letters: er, et, it, re, ti, ut.
	Words containing the letters "e-i-r-t-u-v"
	+1 letter: furtive, revuist, rivulet, stuiver, venturi, virtues.
	+2 letters: curative, curviest, durative, eruptive, outdrive, outliver, revuists, rivulets, stuivers, vaultier, venturis, virtuose, virulent, vitreous.
	+3 letters: avirulent, curatives, curveting, duratives, eruptives, extrusive, furtively, incurvate, intrusive, irruptive, lucrative, nutritive, obtrusive, outdriven, outdrives, outlivers, overbuilt, purgative, reductive, revictual, scurviest, servitude, uvarovite, venturing, vesturing, victualer, vulturine.
	+4 letters: aventurine, aviculture, circumvent, corruptive, curatively, curvetting, disruptive, duumvirate, eruptively, figurative, incurvated, incurvates, indurative, interfluve, intrusives, lentivirus, liverwurst, outdeliver, outrivaled, outserving, overturing, productive, protrusive, purgatives, regulative, retrovirus, revictuals, revolution, ruminative, savouriest, servitudes, subvariety, subverting, supportive, surjective, turnverein, ulcerative, uncreative, unfavorite, univariate, university, uvarovites, ventriculi, vestibular, victualers, victualler, virtueless, virulently, vitreouses, vituperate, volumetric.
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

56 69 72 74 75 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

⁼

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

...- .. .-. - ..- .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010110 01101001 01110010 01110100 01110101 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#86 &#105 &#114 &#116 &#117 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0056 0069 0072 0074 0075 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
virtue	281	heavenly seven virtue	10
doreen virtue	101	moral virtue	10
virtue ethics	35	saint of virtue	9
harmony virtue	31	theory virtue	8
david virtue	30	christian virtue	8
book of virtue	29	gospel group virtue	7
patience is a virtue	24	honesty virtue	7
warrior of virtue	23	definition virtue	6
smith virtue sun glasses	21	david virtue virtuosity	6
virtue sun glasses	20	define virtue	6
the cardinal virtue	19	been blues extolled fe have junior virtue	6
virtue of woman	19	harmony tvb virtue	6
seven virtue	18	free virtue	5
loyalty virtue	15	virtue of selfishness	5
project virtue	14	lyrics virtue	5
aristotle virtue	13	aristotle ethics virtue	5
virtue and vice	12	2 harmony virtue	5
7 virtue	11	gospel virtue	5
tom virtue	11	socrates virtue	5
idea virtue	10	harmony ii virtue	5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Virtue

Definitions: Virtue

Virtue

Noun

Specialty Definitions: Virtue

Specialty Definition: Virtue

Virtue in the Western philosophical tradition

Synonyms: Virtue

Synonyms within Context: Virtue

Courage

Inexpedience

Power

Purity

Right

Crosswords: Virtue

Modern Usage: Virtue

Screenplays

Clever

Movie/TV Titles

Commercial Usage: Virtue

Books

Theater & Movies

Music

High Tech

Photo Album: Virtue

Familiar Quotations: Virtue

Baron de Montesquieu

Edward Young

John Dryden

John Milton

Marquis De Vauvenargues

Oliver Goldsmith

Samuel Johnson

Thomas Fuller

Thomas Paine

Titus Livy

Historic Usage: Virtue

John Locke

The Emancipation Proclamation

Treaty of Versailles

Use in Literature: Virtue

Emma

Austen, Jane

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Imitation of Horace

John Dryden

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

Antony and Cleopatra

William Shakespeare

Non-Fiction Usage: Virtue

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

Spoken Usage: Virtue

Bob Jones

Rush Limbaugh

Speeches: Virtue

George Washington

John Adams

Thomas Jefferson

James Monroe

Andrew Jackson

James Buchanan

George Bush

Usage Frequency: Virtue

Name Usage Frequency: Virtue

Expression: Virtue

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Virtue

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