Webster's Dictionary 1828

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VICIOUSLY

VI'CIOUSLY, adverb1. Corruptly; in a manner contrary to rectitude, moral principles, propriety or purity.2. Faultily; not correctly.

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VICIOUSNESS

VI'CIOUSNESS, noun1. Addictedness to vice; corruptness of moral principles or practice; habitual violation of the moral law, or of moral duties; depravity in principles or in ma...

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VICISSITUDE

VICIS'SITUDE, noun [Latin vicissitudo; from vicis, a turn.]1. Regular change or succession of one thing to another; as the vicissitudes of day and night, and of winter and summe...

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VICISSITUDINARY

VICISSITU'DINARY, adjective Changing in succession.

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VICONTIEL

VICON'TIEL, adjective [vice-comitalia. See Viscount.]In old law books, pertaining to the sheriff.Vicontiel rents, are certain rents for which the sheriff pays a rent to the king...

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VICONTIELS

VICON'TIELS, noun Things belonging to the sheriff; particularly, farms for which the sheriff pays rent to the king.

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VICOUNT

VI'COUNT, noun [vice-comes.]1. In law books, the sheriff.2. A degree of nobility next below a count or earl. [See Viscount.]

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VICTIM

VIC'TIMnoun [Latin victima.]1. A living being sacrificed to some deity, or in the performance of a religious rite; usually, some beast slain in sacrifice; but human beings have ...

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VICTIMATE

VIC'TIMATE, verb transitive To sacrifice. [Not in use.]

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VICTOR

VIC'TOR, noun [Latin from vinco, victus, to conquer, or the same root.]1. One who conquers in war; a vanquisher; one who defeats an enemy in battle. victor differs from conquero...

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VICTORESS

VIC'TORESS, noun A female who vanquishes.

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VICTORIOUS

VICTO'RIOUS, adjective1. Having conquered in battle or contest; having overcome an enemy or antagonist; conquering; vanquishing; as a victorious general; victorious troops; a vi...

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VICTORIOUSLY

VICTO'RIOUSLY, adverb With conquest; with defeat of an enemy or antagonist; triumphantly; as, grace will carry us victoriously through all difficulties.

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VICTORIOUSNESS

VICTO'RIOUSNESS, noun The state of being victorious.

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VICTORY

VIC'TORY, noun [Latin victoria, from vinco, victus, to conquer.]1. Conquest; the defeat of an enemy in battle, or of an antagonist in contest; a gaining of the superiority in wa...

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VICTRESS

VIC'TRESS, noun A female that conquers.

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VICTUAL

VICTUAL. [See Victuals.]VICTUAL, verb transitive vit'l. [from victual the noun.]1. To supply with provisions for subsistence; as, to victual an army; to victual a garrison.2. To...

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VICTUALED

VICTUALED, participle passive vit'ld. Supplied with provisions.

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VICTUALER

VICTUALER, noun vit'ler.1. One who furnishes provisions.2. One who keeps a house of entertainment.3. A provision-ship; a ship employed to carry provisions for other ships, or fo...

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VICTUALING

VICTUALING, participle present tense vit'ling. Supplying with provisions.

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VICTUALING-HOUSE

VICTUALING-HOUSE, noun A house where provision is made for strangers to eat.

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VICTUALS

VICTUALS, noun vit'lz. [Latin victus, food, from the root of vivo, which was vigo or vico, coinciding with vigeo. Basque, vicia life. This word is now never used in the singular...

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VIDELICET

VIDEL'ICET, adverb [Latin for videre licet.] To wit; namely. An abbreviation for this word is viz.

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VIDUAL

VID'UAL, adjective [Latin viduus, deprived. Belonging to the state of a widow. [Not used.]

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VIDUITY

VIDU'ITY, noun [Latin viduitas.] Widowhood. [Not used.]

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VIE

VIE, verb intransitive [See Victor.]To strive for superiority; to contend; to use effort in a race, contest, competition, rivalship or strife. How delightful it is to see childr...

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VIELLEUR

VIELLEUR, noun A species of fly in Surinam, less than the lantern fly.