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Victory in Webster's 1913 dictionary

The 1913 record labels victory as noun. Its source-bounded etymology and selected historical definition appear below.

WEBSTER 1913noun
Victory

[OE. victorie, OF. victorie, victoire, F. victoire, L. victoria. See Victor.]

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Headwordvictory
Part of speechnoun
Historical etymology[OE. victorie, OF. victorie, victoire, F. victoire, L. victoria. See Victor.]
Selected historical definitionThe 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.
Signed record IDwebster1913-victory-noun-10d4e7971940
Source locatorCIDE.V, paragraph 2273; Gutenberg eBook 669
Edition-scoped answerNot earliest-attestation proofNot modern consensus
Independent historical textProject Gutenberg section 669Signed structural record sourceGNU GCIDE 0.54 archive
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In Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), "victory" is labeled noun. Its etymology is recorded as: "[OE. victorie, OF. victorie, victoire, F. victoire, L. victoria. See Victor.]" The selected historical definition says: "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."

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