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Noah Webster’s1828 #Dictionary– Definition of #Virus: VI'RUS, noun [Latin See Virulent.] Foul or contagiousmatter of an ulcer, postule, etc.; poison.

VIR'ULENT, adjective[Latin virulentus, from virus, #poison, that is, strength, from the same rootas vir, vireo. See Venom.]

1. Extremely active indoing injury; very poisonous or venomous. No poison is more virulent than thatof some species of serpents.

2. Very bitter inenmity; malignant; as a virulent invective.

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