Hypertext Webster Gateway: "victory"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Victory \Vic"to*ry\, n.; pl. {Victories}. [OE. victorie, OF.
victorie, victoire, F. victoire, L. victoria. See {Victor}.]
The defeat of an enemy in battle, or of an antagonist in any
contest; a gaining of the superiority in any struggle or
competition; conquest; triumph; -- the opposite of {defeat}.

Death is swallowed up in victory. --1 Cor. xv.
54.

God on our side, doubt not of victory. --Shak.

Victory may be honorable to the arms, but shameful to
the counsels, of a nation. --Bolingbroke.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

victory
n : a successful ending of a struggle or contest; "the general
always gets credit for his army's victory"; "the
agreement was a triumph for common sense" [syn: {triumph}]
[ant: {defeat}]


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