See Also: virtuous(medicine)
virtuous(dictionary)
virtuous(dictionary)

imperate (iou) and virtuous (oh)


imperate (iou)



imperate verb trans.Pa. pple & ppl adjective -ate (earlier), -ated. LME-E18.
[Orig. pa. pple, from Latin imperatus pa. pple of imperare command, rule: see -ATE2, -ATE3.]
Command, rule.
imperation noun (rare) the action of commanding: only in L18.

virtuous (oh)



formal behaving in a very honest and moral way
-opposite wicked wicked
::a virtuous man
::Natalie considered herself very virtuous because she neither drank nor smoked.
old use not willing to have sex, at least until you are married
-- virtuously adv