"virtuefy" meaning in English

See virtuefy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: virtuefies [present, singular, third-person], virtuefying [participle, present], virtuefied [participle, past], virtuefied [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} virtuefy (third-person singular simple present virtuefies, present participle virtuefying, simple past and past participle virtuefied)
  1. (transitive, archaic) To make virtuous. Tags: archaic, transitive
    Sense id: en-virtuefy-en-verb-P656Zl0I Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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