Webster's Dictionary 1828

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VEXILLARY

VEX'ILLARY, noun A standard bearer.VEX'ILLARY, adjective Pertaining to an ensign or standard.

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VEXILLATION

VEXILLA'TION, noun [Latin vexillatio.] A company of troops under one ensign.

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VEXING

VEX'ING, participle present tense Provoking; irritating; afflicting.

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VEXINGLY

VEX'INGLY, adverb So as to vex, tease or irritate.

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VIAL

VI'AL, noun [Latin phiala.] A phial; a small bottle of thin glass, used particularly by apothecaries and druggists.Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it on his head.1 Samuel ...

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VIAND

VI'AND, noun [Latin vivendus, vivo, to live.] Meat dressed; food.Viands of various kinds allure the taste.[It is used chiefly in the plural.]

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VIATIC

VIAT'IC, adjective [Latin viaticum, from via, way.]Pertaining to a journey or to traveling.

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VIATICUM

VIAT'ICUM, noun [Latin supra.]1. Provisions for a journey.2. Among the ancient Romans, an allowance to officers who were sent into the provinces to exercise any office or perfor...

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VIBRANT

VI'BRANT,VI'BRATE, verb intransitive [Latin vibro; Eng. wabble.]1. To swing; to oscillate; to move one way and the other; to play to and fro; as, the pendulum of a clock vibrate...

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VIBRATE

VI'BRATE, v.i. [L. vibro; Eng. wabble.]1. To swing; to oscillate; to move one way and the other; to play to and fro; as, the pendulum of a clock vibrates more or less rapidly, a...

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VIBRATED

VI'BRATED, participle passive Brandished; moved one way and the other.

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VIBRATILITY

VIBRATIL'ITY, noun Disposition to preternatural vibration or motion. [Not much used.]

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VIBRATING

VI'BRATING, participle present tense Brandishing; moving to and fro, as a pendulum or musical chord.

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VIBRATION

VIBRA'TION, noun [Latin vibro.]1. The act of brandishing; the act of moving or state of being moved one way and the other in quick succession.2. In mechanics, a regular reciproc...

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VIBRATIUNCLE

VIBRAT'IUNCLE, noun A small vibration.

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VIBRATIVE

VI'BRATIVE, adjective That vibrates.

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VIBRATORY

VI'BRATORY, adjective1. Vibrating; consisting in vibration or oscillation; as a vibratory motion.2. Causing to vibrate.

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VIBRION

VIB'RION, noun [Latin vibrans.] A name given to the ichneumon fly, from the continual vibration of its antennae.

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VICAR

VIC'AR, noun [Latin vicarius, from vicis, a turn, or its root.]1. In a general sense, a person deputed or authorized to perform the functions of another; a substitute in office....

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VICAR-GENERAL

VICAR-GEN'ERAL, noun A title given by Henry VIII to the earl of Essex, with power to oversee all the clergy, and regulate all church affairs. It is now the title of an office, w...

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VICARAGE

VIC'ARAGE, noun The benefice of a vicar. A vicarage by endowment, becomes a benefice distinct from the parsonage.

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VICARIAL

VICA'RIAL, adjective [from vicar.] Pertaining to a vicar; small; as vicarial tithes.

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VICARIATE

VICA'RIATE, adjective Having delegated power, as vicar.VICA'RIATE, noun A delegated office or power.

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VICARIOUS

VICA'RIOUS, adjective [Latin vicarius.]1. Deputed; delegated; as vicarious power or authority.2. Acting for another; filling the place of another; as a vicarious agent or office...

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VICARIOUSLY

VICA'RIOUSLY, adverb In the place of another; by substitution.

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VICARSHIP

VIC'ARSHIP, noun The office of a vicar; the ministry of a vicar.

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VICE

VICE, noun [Latin vitium.]1. Properly, a spot or defect; a fault; a blemish; as the vices of a political constitution.2. In ethics, any voluntary action or course of conduct whi...