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vit⋅tle

[vit-l]
–noun, verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
victual.

Origin:
1805–15

vict⋅ual

[vit-l] noun, verb, -ualed, -ual⋅ing or (especially British) -ualled, -ual⋅ling.
–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; ME vitaille < AF, MF vitail(l)e, OF vituaille < LL victuālia provisions, n. use of neut. pl. of L victuālis pertaining to food, equiv. to victu(s) nourishment, way of living (vic-, var. s. of vīvere to live + -tus suffix of v. action) + -ālis -al 1 ; mod. sp. < L


vict⋅ual⋅less, adjective
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vit·tle   (vĭt'əl)   
n.   & v. Nonstandard
Variant of victual.
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