Personal property, possessions; esp. movable property. Cf. chattel, n. 4. In plural with plural agreement.
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释义 | society > morality > virtue > [noun] > a virtue (17) goodOE Personal property, possessions; esp. movable property. Cf. chattel, n. 4. In plural with plural agreement. custOE Excellence of character, virtue; (as a count noun) an excellent trait, a virtue. goodnessOE A good quality; a merit, a virtue. mightOE A virtue. Obsolete. mightOE As an attribute of impersonal agents: power, efficacy, virtue. Also, a specific virtue, quality, or characteristic. Cf. sense 3d. Obsolete. thew?c1225 Without qualification: A good quality or habit; a virtue; courteous or gracious action. Obsolete. virtuec1225 As a count noun. A moral quality regarded (esp. in religious contexts) as good or desirable in a person, such as patience, kindness, etc.; a… gracea1393 In a person: virtue, goodness; sense of duty and propriety; (also) an instance of this; a virtue (with any implication of divine origin weakened or… Subcategories:— divine in origin (2) — moral as distinct from intellectual (1) — as distinct from Christian (1) — specific groups of (4) — list or record of virtues (1) |
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