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Word Meanings - VIRILE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Having the nature, properties, or qualities, of an adult man; characteristic of developed manhood; hence, masterful; forceful; specifically, capable of begetting; -- opposed to womanly, feminine, and puerile; as, virile age, virile power, virile

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Having the nature, properties, or qualities, of an adult man; characteristic of developed manhood; hence, masterful; forceful; specifically, capable of begetting; -- opposed to womanly, feminine, and puerile; as, virile age, virile power, virile organs.

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  • POWERFUL
    Large; capacious; -- said of veins of ore. Syn. -- Mighty; strong; potent; forcible; efficacious; energetic; intense. -- Pow"er*ful*ly, adv. -- Pow"er*ful*ness, n. (more info) 1. Full of power; capable of producing great effects of any
  • STRONGYLOID
    Like, or pertaining to, Strongylus, a genus of parasitic nematode worms of which many species infest domestic animals. Some of the species, especially those living in the kidneys, lungs, and bronchial tubes, are often very injurious. -- n.
  • VIGOROUS
    1. Possessing vigor; full of physical or mental strength or active force; strong; lusty; robust; as, a vigorous youth; a vigorous plant. Famed for his valor, young, At sea successful, vigorous and strong. Waller. 2. Exhibiting strength, either
  • MASCULINE
    Having the inflections of, or construed with, words pertaining especially to male beings, as distinguished from feminine and neuter. See Gender. -- Mas"cu*line*ly, adv. -- Mas"cu*line*ness, n. (more info) 1. Of the male sex; not female.
  • STRONGYLID
    Strongyloid.
  • HARDY
    A blacksmith's fuller or chisel, having a square shank for insertion into a square hole in an anvil, called the hardy hole.
  • NERVOUSLY
    In a nervous manner.
  • COURAGEOUSLY
    In a courageous manner.
  • RESOLUTENESS
    The quality of being resolute.
  • ENERGETICS
    That branch of science which treats of the laws governing the physical or mechanical, in distinction from the vital, forces, and which comprehends the consideration and general investigation of the whole range of the forces concerned in physical
  • RESOLUTELY
    In a resolute manner; with fixed purpose; boldly; firmly; steadily; with perseverance. Some.. facts he examines, some he resolutely denies. Swift.
  • STRONG
    strong; akin to D. & G. streng strict, rigorous, OHG. strengi strong, brave, harsh, Icel. strangr strong, severe, Dan. streng, Sw. sträng 1. Having active physical power, or great physical power to act; having a power of exerting great bodily
  • MANLY
    Having qualities becoming to a man; not childish or womanish; manlike, esp. brave, courageous, resolute, noble. Let's briefly put on manly readiness. Shak. Serene and manly, hardened to sustain The load of life. Dryden. Syn. -- Bold; daring; brave;
  • STRONGLY
    In a strong manner; so as to be strong in action or in resistance; with strength; with great force; forcibly; powerfully; firmly; vehemently; as, a town strongly fortified; he objected strongly.
  • ACTIVE
    1. Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; -- opposed to Ant: passive, that receives; as, certain active principles; the powers of the mind. 2. Quick in physical movement; of an agile
  • NERVOUS
    1. possessing nerve; sinewy; strong; vigorous. "Nervous arms." Pope. 2. Possessing or manifesting vigor of mind; characterized by strength in sentiment or style; forcible; spirited; as, a nervous writer. 3. Of or pertaining to the nerves; seated
  • EFFICACIOUS
    Possessing the quality of being effective; productive of, or powerful to produce, the effect intended; as, an efficacious law. Syn. -- See Effectual. -- Ef`fi*ca"cious*ly, adv. -- Ef`fi*ca"cious*ness, n.
  • STRONG-WATER
    1. An acid. 2. Distilled or ardent spirits; intoxicating liquor.
  • RESOLUTE
    1. One who Shak. 2. Redelivery; repayment. "Yearly resolutes, deductions, and payments." Bp. Burnet.
  • STRONGHOLD
    A fastness; a fort or fortress; fortfield place; a place of security.
  • SELF-ACTIVE
    Acting of one's self or of itself; acting without depending on other agents.
  • CHYLIFACTIVE
    Producing, or converting into, chyle; having the power to form chyle.
  • COUNTERACTIVE
    Tending to counteract.
  • FOOLHARDY
    Daring without judgment; foolishly adventurous and bold. Howell. Syn. -- Rash; venturesome; venturous; precipitate; reckless; headlong; incautious. See Rash.
  • RETROACTIVE
    Fitted or designed to retroact; operating by returned action; affecting what is past; retrospective. Beddoes. Retroactive law or statute , one which operates to make criminal or punishable, or in any way expressly to affect, acts done prior to
  • DETRACTIVE
    1. Tending to detractor draw. 2. Tending to lower in estimation; depreciative.
  • REFRACTIVE
    Serving or having power to refract, or turn from a direct course; pertaining to refraction; as, refractive surfaces; refractive powers. Refractive index. See Index of refraction, under Index. -- Absolute refractive index , the index of refraction
  • INEFFICACIOUSLY
    without efficacy or effect.
  • HEADSTRONG
    1. Not easily restrained; ungovernable; obstinate; stubborn. Not let headstrong boy my will control. Dryden. 2. Directed by ungovernable will, or proceeding from obstinacy. Dryden. Syn. -- Violent; obstinate; ungovernable; unratable; stubborn;
  • PRACTIVE
    Doing; active. Sylvester. -- Prac"tive*ly, adv. The preacher and the people both, Then practively did thrive. Warner.
  • DETRACTIVENESS
    The quality of being detractive.
  • SUBTRACTIVE
    Having the negative sign, or sign minus. (more info) 1. Tending, or having power, to subtract.
  • WOMANLY
    Becoming a woman; feminine; as, womanly behavior. Arbuthnot. A blushing, womanly discovering grace. Donne.
  • PROTRACTIVE
    Drawing out or lengthening in time; prolonging; continuing; delaying. He suffered their protractive arts. Dryden.
  • ATTRACTIVE
    1. Having the power or quality of attracting or drawing; as, the attractive force of bodies. Sir I. Newton. 2. Attracting or drawing by moral influence or pleasurable emotion; alluring; inviting; pleasing. "Attractive graces." Milton. "Attractive
  • SATISFACTIVE
    Satisfactory. Satisfactive discernment of fish. Sir T. Browne.

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