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English Dictionary: victory by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
victory
n
  1. a successful ending of a struggle or contest; "a narrow victory"; "the general always gets credit for his army's victory"; "clinched a victory"; "convincing victory"; "the agreement was a triumph for common sense"
    Synonym(s): victory, triumph
    Antonym(s): defeat, licking
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Victory, NY (village, FIPS 77431)
      Location: 43.09355 N, 73.59237 W
      Population (1990): 581 (213 housing units)
      Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Victory, WI
      Zip code(s): 54624
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