( n. )
Active quality or power; capacity or power adequate to the production of a given effect; energy; strength; potency; efficacy; as, the virtue of a medicine.
( n. )
Active quality or power; capacity or power adequate to the production of a given effect; energy; strength; potency; efficacy; as, the virtue of a medicine.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012