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noun
1.
victuals, food supplies; provisions.
2.
food or provisions for human beings.
verb (used with object)
3.
to supply with victuals.
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Victualed
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| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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, -ualed, -ual·ing or (especially British) -ualled, -ual·ling.
un·vic·tualed, adjective
un·vic·tualled, adjective
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