English Dictionary: voidable | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Vatful \Vat"ful\, n.; pl. {Vatfuls}. As much as a vat will hold; enough to fill a vat. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Vatful \Vat"ful\, n.; pl. {Vatfuls}. As much as a vat will hold; enough to fill a vat. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Vaudeville \[d8]Vaude"ville\, n. [F., fr. Vau-de-vire, a village in Normandy, where Olivier Basselin, at the end of the 14th century, composed such songs.] [Written also {vaudevil}.] 1. A kind of song of a lively character, frequently embodying a satire on some person or event, sung to a familiar air in couplets with a refrain; a street song; a topical song. 2. A theatrical piece, usually a comedy, the dialogue of which is intermingled with light or satirical songs, set to familiar airs. The early vaudeville, which is the forerunner of the opera bouffe, was light, graceful, and piquant. --Johnson's Cyc. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Vaudeville \Vaude"ville\, n. Loosely, and now commonly, variety (see above), as, to play in vaudeville; a vaudeville actor. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Variety show \Variety show\ A stage entertainment of successive separate performances, usually songs, dances, acrobatic feats, dramatic sketches, exhibitions of trained animals, or any specialties. Often loosely called {vaudeville show}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Voidable \Void"a*ble\, a. 1. Capable of being voided, or evacuated. 2. (Law) Capable of being avoided, or of being adjudged void, invalid, and of no force; capable of being either avoided or confirmed. If the metropolitan . . . grants letters of administration, such administration is not, but voidable by sentence. --Ayliffe. Note: A voidable contract may be ratified and confirmed; to render it null and of no effect, it must be avoided; a void contract can not be ratified. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Votive \Vo"tive\, a. [L. votivus, fr. votum a vow: cf. F. votif. See {Vow}.] Given by vow, or in fulfillment of a vow; consecrated by a vow; devoted; as, votive offerings; a votive tablet. [bd]Votive incense.[b8] --Keble. We reached a votive stone, that bears the name Of Aloys Reding. --Wordsworth. Embellishments of flowers and votive garlands. --Motley. {Votive medal}, a medal struck in grateful commemoration of some auspicious event. {Votive offering}, an offering in fulfillment of a religious vow, as of one's person or property. -- {Vo"tive*ly}, adv. -- {Vo"tive*ness}, n. |