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| VICTORY | | n. (pl. -ies) defeat of an enemy or opponent. | |
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| VICTUAL | | —n. (usu. In pl.) Food, provisions. —v. (-ll-; us -l-) 1 supply with victuals.
- obtain stores.
- eat victuals. [latin victus food] | |
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| VILLAGE | | n. - country settlement, larger than a hamlet and smaller than a town.
- self-contained village-like community within a city etc. (greenwich village; olympic village). villager n. [latin: related to *villa] | |
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| VILLAIN | | n. - wicked person.
- chief evil character in a play, story, etc.
- colloq. Professional criminal.
- colloq. Rascal. [latin: related to *villa] | |
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| VILLEIN | | n. Hist. Feudal tenant entirely subject to a lord or attached to a manor. villeinage n. [var. Of *villain] | |
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| VINEGAR | | n. Sour liquid got from malt, wine, cider, etc., by fermentation and used as a condiment or for pickling. vinegary adj. [french, = sour wine: related to *eager] | |
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| VINTAGE | | car n. Car made 1917–1930.
- —n. - a season's produce of grapes. B wine from this.
- a gathering of grapes for wine-making. B season of this.
- wine of high quality from a particular year and district.
- a year etc. When a thing was made etc. B thing made etc. In a particular year etc. —adj. - of high or peak quality.
- of a past season. [latin vinum wine] | |
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| VINTNER | | n. Wine-merchant. [anglo-latin from french, ultimately from latin vinetum vineyard, from vinum wine] | |
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| VIOLATE | | v. (-ting) 1 disregard; break (an oath, treaty, law, etc.).
- treat (a sanctuary etc.) Profanely; disrespect.
- disturb (a person's privacy etc.).
- rape. violable adj. Violation n. Violator n. [latin violo] | |
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| VIOLENT | | adj. - involving or using great physical force (violent person; violent storm).
- a intense, vehement (violent pain; violent dislike). B lurid (violent colours).
- (of death) resulting from violence or poison. violently adv. [french from latin] | |
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