Vic″to‐ry (?), n.; pl.Victories (#). [OE. victorie, OF. victorie, victoire, F. victoire, L. victoria. See Victor.] The defeat of an enemy in battle, or of an antagonist in any contest; a gaining of the superiority in any struggle or competition; conquest; triumph; — the opposite of defeat.
Death is swallowed up in victory. 1 Cor. xv. 54.
God on our side, doubt not of victory. Shak.
Victory may be honorable to the arms, but shameful to the counsels, of a nation. Bolingbroke.