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Victual Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Victual? [n] any substance that can be used as food [v] partake of victuals; esp. of animals [v] feed; of domestic animals (rare usage) [v] lay in provisions; "The vessel victualled before the long voyage" [v] supply with food; "The population was victualed during the war" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Victual: comestible \| eatable \| edible \| pabulum \| victuals Related Terms \| Find terms related to Victual: See Also \| eat \| feed \| food \| furnish \| hive away \| lay in \| nutrient \| provide \| put in \| render \| salt away \| stack away \| stash away \| store \| supply \| tuck Victual In Webster's Dictionary \Vict"ual\, n. 1. Food; -- now used chiefly in the plural. See {Victuals}. --2 Chron. xi. 23. Shak. He was not able to keep that place three days for lack of victual. --Knolles. There came a fair-hair'd youth, that in his hand Bare victual for the movers. --Tennyson. Short allowance of victual. --Longfellow. 2. Grain of any kind. [Scot.] --Jamieson. \Vict"ual\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Victualed}or {Victualled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Victualing} or {Victualling}.] To supply with provisions for subsistence; to provide with food; to store with sustenance; as, to victual an army; to victual a ship. I must go victual Orleans forthwith. --Shak.

Victual Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Victual?

[n] any substance that can be used as food
[v] partake of victuals; esp. of animals
[v] feed; of domestic animals (rare usage)
[v] lay in provisions; "The vessel victualled before the long voyage"
[v] supply with food; "The population was victualed during the war"

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Victual In Webster's Dictionary

\Vict"ual\, n.
1. Food; -- now used chiefly in the plural. See {Victuals}.
   --2 Chron. xi. 23. Shak.

         He was not able to keep that place three days for
         lack of victual.                      --Knolles.

         There came a fair-hair'd youth, that in his hand
         Bare victual for the movers.          --Tennyson.

         Short allowance of victual.           --Longfellow.

2. Grain of any kind. [Scot.] --Jamieson.


\Vict"ual\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Victualed}or
{Victualled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Victualing} or {Victualling}.]
To supply with provisions for subsistence; to provide with
food; to store with sustenance; as, to victual an army; to
victual a ship.

      I must go victual Orleans forthwith.     --Shak.

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