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   vaudeville
         n 1: a variety show with songs and comic acts etc. [syn:
               {vaudeville}, {music hall}]

English Dictionary: voidable by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vaudeville theater
n
  1. a theater in which vaudeville is staged [syn: music hall, vaudeville theater, vaudeville theatre]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vaudeville theatre
n
  1. a theater in which vaudeville is staged [syn: music hall, vaudeville theater, vaudeville theatre]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vaudevillian
n
  1. a performer who works in vaudeville
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
voidable
adj
  1. capable of being rescinded or voided; "the judgment was rescindable"; "voidable contracts"
    Synonym(s): rescindable, voidable
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.
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