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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Victory \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. | |
