v. Obs. [f. VIRTUE + -ATE.] trans. To render efficacious; to invest with a particular virtue or quality.
1632. G. Sandys, Ovid’s Met., VII. Note, 254. Medea … now likewise invokes the Earth, Aire, Winds, Mountaines, &c. as either producing or virtuating magicall ingredients.
1657. W. Morice, Coena quasi Κοινὴ, xi. 132. None but God could … sanctifie, and virtuate the signs and Elements [etc.].
1689. G. Harvey, Curing Dis. by Expect., v. 35. The preparation … is virtuated with an abstersif quality.
