victual
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vict·ual
[vit-l] noun, verb, vict·ualed, vict·ual·ing or ( especially British ) vict·ualled, vict·ual·ling. 
l noun
1.
victuals, food supplies; provisions.
2.
food or provisions for human beings.
verb (used with object)
3.
to supply with victuals.
verb (used without object)
4.
to take or obtain victuals.
5.
Archaic. to eat or feed.
Also, vittle.
Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English vitaille < Anglo-French, Middle French vitail(l)e, Old French vituaille < Late Latin victuālia provisions, noun use of neuter plural of Latin victuālis pertaining to food, equivalent to victu(s) nourishment, way of living (vic-, variant stem of vīvere to live + -tus suffix of v. action) + -ālis -al1; modern spelling < Latin
1275–1325; Middle English vitaille < Anglo-French, Middle French vitail(l)e, Old French vituaille < Late Latin victuālia provisions, noun use of neuter plural of Latin victuālis pertaining to food, equivalent to victu(s) nourishment, way of living (vic-, variant stem of vīvere to live + -tus suffix of v. action) + -ālis -al1; modern spelling < Latin
Related forms
vict·ual·less, adjective
re·vict·ual, verb, re·vict·ualed, re·vict·ual·ing or ( especially British ) re·vict·ualled, re·vict·ual·ling.
un·vic·tualed, adjective
un·vic·tualled, adjective
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| —vb , (US) -uals, -ualling, -ualled, -uals, -ualing, -ualed | |
| 1. | to supply with or obtain victuals |
| 2. | rare (intr) (esp of animals) to partake of victuals |
| [C14: from Old French vitaille, from Late Latin victuālia provisions, from Latin victuālis concerning food, from victus sustenance, from vīvere to live] | |
| 'victual-less | |
| —adj | |
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Domestic wastes means all types of wastes generated in the living spaces on board a ship, except victual wastes.
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