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VALUES |
Virtues |
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SOPORIFIC |
Causing sleep; tending to cause sleep; soporiferous; as,
the soporific virtues of opium. |
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THEW |
Manner; custom; habit; form of behavior; qualities of mind;
disposition; specifically, good qualities; virtues. |
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DECOCTION |
The act or process of boiling anything in a watery fluid
to extract its virtues. |
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PRINCELY |
Suitable for, or becoming to, a prince; grand; august;
munificent; magnificent; as, princely virtues; a princely fortune. |
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HEIR |
One who receives any endowment from an ancestor or relation;
as, the heir of one's reputation or virtues. |
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INFUSION |
The act or process of steeping or soaking any
substance in water in order to extract its virtues. |
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ENS |
Something supposed to condense within itself all the virtues
and qualities of a substance from which it is extracted; essence. |
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NOURISH |
To supply the means of support and increase to; to
encourage; to foster; as, to nourish rebellion; to nourish the virtues. |
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COPY |
That which is to be imitated, transcribed, or reproduced; a
pattern, model, or example; as, his virtues are an excellent copy for
imitation. |
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PATRIOTISM |
Love of country; devotion to the welfare of one's
country; the virtues and actions of a patriot; the passion which
inspires one to serve one's country. |
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STRONG |
Having virtues of great efficacy; or, having a
particular quality in a great degree; as, a strong powder or tincture;
a strong decoction; strong tea or coffee. |
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VALUE |
To rate highly; to have in high esteem; to hold in
respect and estimation; to appreciate; to prize; as, to value one for
his works or his virtues. |
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ELLIPSIS |
Omission; a figure of syntax, by which one or more words,
which are obviously understood, are omitted; as, the virtues I admire,
for, the virtues which I admire. |
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SYMBOLISM |
The act of symbolizing, or the state of being
symbolized; as, symbolism in Christian art is the representation of
truth, virtues, vices, etc., by emblematic colors, signs, and forms. |
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TRIAL |
The state of being tried or tempted; exposure to suffering
that tests strength, patience, faith, or the like; affliction or
temptation that exercises and proves the graces or virtues of men. |
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EMULOUS |
Ambitiously desirous to equal or even to excel another;
eager to emulate or vie with another; desirous of like excellence with
another; -- with of; as, emulous of another's example or virtues. |
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PERCOLATION |
... filtration; straining. Specifically (Pharm.), the process of exhausting
the virtues of a powdered drug by letting a liquid filter slowly
thro... |
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BEATITUDE |
...ose who are distinguished by certain
specified virtues. ... |
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HELLEBORIN |
...
hellebore, and extracted as a white crystalline substance with a sharp
tingling taste. It possesses the essential virtues of the plant; --
c... |
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ESSENCE |
The predominant qualities or virtues of a plant or drug,
extracted and refined from grosser matter; or, more strictly, the
solution in spirits ... |
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ANADIPLOSIS |
...rd in
a sentence or clause, at the beginning of the next, with an adjunct
idea; as, "He retained his virtues amidst all his misfortunes --
mi... |