"virtuate" meaning in English

See virtuate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: virtuates [present, singular, third-person], virtuating [participle, present], virtuated [participle, past], virtuated [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} virtuate (third-person singular simple present virtuates, present participle virtuating, simple past and past participle virtuated)
  1. (obsolete) To make efficacious; to give virtue of efficacy. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-virtuate-en-verb-k-2NBbS3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry

Inflected forms

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        "(obsolete) To make efficacious; to give virtue of efficacy."
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