Victualed

Victualed
Victual 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. [1913 Webster]

I must go victual Orleans forthwith. --Shak. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • victualed — vict·ual || vɪtl n. comestible, food, things which can be eaten; article of food; food provision v. supply with food …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Victual — 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. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Victualing — Victual 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Victualled — Victual 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Victualling — Victual 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • victual — victualless, adj. /vit l/, n., v., victualed, victualing or (esp. Brit.) victualled, victualling. n. 1. victuals, food supplies; provisions. 2. food or provisions for human beings. v.t. 3. to supply with victuals. v.i. 4. to take or obtain… …   Universalium

  • victual — {{11}}victual (n.) c.1300; see VICTUALS (Cf. victuals). {{12}}victual (v.) c.1300, from Anglo Fr. or O.Fr. vitailler, from vitaille (see VICTUALS (Cf. victuals)). Related: Victualed; victualing …   Etymology dictionary

  • victual — [ vɪt(ə)l] dated noun (victuals) food or provisions. verb (victuals, victualling, victualled ; US victuals, victualing, victualed) 1》 provide with food or other stores. 2》 …   English new terms dictionary

  • victual — /ˈvɪtl / (say vitl) noun 1. (plural) articles of food prepared for use: *I might have put up with their company for the sake of the best of victuals cooked to perfection. –catherine helen spence, 1879. 2. Obsolete food or provisions, usually for… …  

  • seaworthy — Able to withstand the forces of the sea. Fireman s Fund Ins Co. v Compania de Navegacion (CA5 La) 19 F2d 493. Reasonably fit, from the standpoint of a vessel, to perform the service which she has undertaken to perform. Tight, staunch, strong in… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

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