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Webster 1913 Edition
Virile
Vi′rile
(?; 277)
, Adj.
[L.
virilis
, fr. vir
a man; akin to AS. wer
: cf. F. viril
. See Werewolf
, World
, and cf. Decemvir
, Virago
, Virtue
.] 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
organsWebster 1828 Edition
Virile
VI'RILE
,Adj.
1.
Pertaining to a man, in the eminent sense of the word, [not to man, in the sense of the human race;] belonging to the male sex; as virile age.2.
Masculine; not puerile or feminine; as virile strength or vigor.