by virtue of

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• Received-Pronunciation: /baɪ ˈvɜːtʃuː ɒv/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /-tjuː-/
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• General-American: /baɪ ˈvɝtʃu ʌv/
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Modification of Middle English in vertu of, a calque of Anglo-Norman par vertu de or Middle French par la vertu de (“by the authority of”); from Old French vertu (“goodness; honour; valour; virtue”) (whence English virtue (“(obsolete) inherent power of a god or other supernatural being; inherent power or efficacy of something”)).

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: عَلَى أَسَاس (ʕalā ʔasās) — because of
• Arabic: بِفَضْل (bifaḍl) — because of
• Arabic: بِمُقْتْضَى (bimuqtḍā) — because of
• Arabic: بِسَبَبّ (bisababb) — because of
• Arabic: اِسْتِنَادًا إِلَى (istinādan ʔilā) — because of
• Arabic: بسبب (besababb) — because of
• Danish: i kraft af — because of
• French: en vertu de — because of
• French: étant donné — because of
• French: eu égard à — because of
• French: vu — because of
• German: aufgrund — because of
• German: wegen — because of
• German: vermöge — because of
• Hungarian: révén — because of
• Hungarian: folytán — because of
• Irish: de thairbhe — because of
• Italian: in virtù di — because of
• Northern Kurdish: bi xêra — because of
• Northern Kurdish: bi saya — because of
• Northern Kurdish: li ser bingehê — because of
• Northern Kurdish: li ser esasê — because of
• Persian: به سبب (be sabab-e) — because of
• Polish: z racji — because of
• Portuguese: em virtude de — because of
• Russian: на основании (na osnovanii) — because of
• Russian: в силу (v silu) — because of
• Russian: всле́дствие (vslédstvije) — because of
• Spanish: por virtud de — because of
• Spanish: a fuer de — because of
• Swedish: i kraft av — because of