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Virile

VI'RILE, adjective [Latin virilis, from vir, a man, vireo.]

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.