supply with victuals

  • 1victuals — n. viands; provisions vict·ual || vɪtl n. comestible, food, things which can be eaten; article of food; food provision v. supply with food …

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  • 2victual — 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… …

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  • 3victual — vict•ual [[t]ˈvɪt l[/t]] n. 1) victuals, food supplies; provisions 2) food or provisions for human beings 3) to supply with victuals 4) to take or obtain victuals 5) archaic to eat or feed • Etymology: 1275–1325; ME vitaille < OF vituaille… …

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  • 4victual — v. a. Provide with food, supply with provisions, store with sustenance, supply with victuals …

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  • 5victual — n. & v. n. (usu. in pl.) food, provisions, esp. as prepared for use. v. (victualled, victualling; US victualed, victualing) 1 tr. supply with victuals. 2 intr. obtain stores. 3 intr. eat victuals. Derivatives: victualless adj. Etymology: ME f. OF …

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  • 6victual — [vit′ l] n. [ME vitaille, provisions < MFr < LL victualia, provisions < L victualis, of food < victus, food < pp. of vivere, to live: see BIO ] 1. Now Chiefly Dial. food or other provisions 2. [pl.] [Informal or Dial.] Informal… …

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  • 8vict|ual — «VIHT uhl», noun, verb, ualed, ual|ing or ualled, ual|ling. –n. victuals, food or provisions, especially for human beings: »There was…decking of the hall in the best hangings...; cooking of victuals, broaching of casks (Charles Kingsley). –v.t.… …

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  • 9victual — /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… …

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