victual

[ vit-l ]

/ ˈvɪt l /

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noun

victuals, food supplies; provisions.

food or provisions for human beings.

verb (used with object), vict·ualed, vict·ual·ing or (especially British) vict·ualled, vict·ual·ling.

to supply with victuals.

verb (used without object), vict·ualed, vict·ual·ing or (especially British) vict·ualled, vict·ual·ling.

to take or obtain victuals.

Archaic. to eat or feed.

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Also Nonstandard, vit·tle .

Origin of victual

First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English vitaille, from Anglo-French, Middle French vitail(l)e, Old French vituaille, from 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 verb action) + -ālis -al¹; modern spelling from Latin

OTHER WORDS FROM victual

vict·ual·less, adjectivere·vict·ual, verb, re·vict·ualed, re·vict·ual·ing or (especially British) re·vict·ualled, re·vict·ual·ling.un·vic·tualed, un·vic·tualled, adjective

Words nearby victual

victory roll, Victory ship, victress, victrix, Victrola, victual, victualage, victualer, victualler, victuals, vicuna

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How to use victual in a sentence

Yes, I will victual the camp for her, but it shall be by some stratagem.
The Mermaid Series. Edited by H. Ellis. The best plays of the old dramatists. Thomas Dekker. Edited, with an introduction and notes by Ernest Rhys.|Thomas Dekker
From one they took his best horses, from another they took linen, clothes, and other furnitures and victual.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XII. (of XXI.)|Thomas Carlyle
As he spake came in the damsels with the victual and the cheer was exceeding good, and Hallblithe grew light-hearted.
The Story of the Glittering Plain|William Morris
Now the ships, on setting out, went first to victual at the Madeiras, because of the great supplies that were there.
The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea|Gomes Eannes de Azurara

Now go and see to the arms and all things needful, and send the steward to me, for we have to victual the ship.
Wulfric the Weapon Thane|Charles W. Whistler

British Dictionary definitions for victual

victual

/ (ˈvɪtəl) /

verb -uals, -ualling or -ualled or US -uals, -ualing or -ualed

to supply with or obtain victuals

(intr) rare (esp of animals) to partake of victuals

Derived forms of victual

victual-less, adjective

Word Origin for victual

C14: from Old French vitaille, from Late Latin victuālia provisions, from Latin victuālis concerning food, from victus sustenance, from vīvere to live

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