victual

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I forgot the het victual, there's jugged hare. "

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  1. noun Food fit for human consumption.
  2. noun Food supplies; provisions.
  3. transitive verb To provide with food.

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  • The whole squadron was at the same time ordered to re-victual, and to place its surplus articles in a large shed constructed of trees and branches felled in the neighbourhood of the Moro. —  The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, G.C.B., Admiral of the Red, Rear-Admiral of the Fleet, Etc., Etc.
  • I forgot the het victual, there's jugged hare Is the hare ready?" —  Doom Castle
  • And after seeing in your foresaid gracious letters ye pray us effectually to enarme as many small vessels as we may with victual, and specially with drink, for to come as far as they may in the river Seyne. —  Henry of Monmouth, Volume 2 Memoirs of Henry the Fifth
  • It was full of victual, and all manner of mirth and disport. —  Joyous Gard
  • The whole squadron was at the same time ordered to re-victual, and to place its surplus articles in a large shed constructed of trees and branches felled in the neighbourhood of the Moro Whilst the other ships were thus engaged, I determined to increase the panic of the enemy with the flagship alone. —  Narrative of Services in the Liberation of Chili, Peru and Brazil, from Spanish and Portuguese Domination, Volume 2
 

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  1. Alteration (influenced by Late Latin vīctuālia, provisions) of Middle English vitaille, from Old French, from Late Latin vīctuālia, provisions, from neuter pl. of Latin vīctuālis, of nourishment, from vīctus, nourishment, from past participle of vīvere, to live; see gwei- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also vittle, earlier vytaylle (the spelling with c, victual, as in F. victuaille, being a modern sophistication imitating the L. original, the pronunciation remaining that of vittle); from Middle English vitaille, vitayle, vitaile, also vitailes, vytaylles, from Old French vitaille, vytaile, later (with inserted c) victuaille, victuailles, vytailles = Spanish vitualla = Portuguese vitualha = Italian vettovaglia, from Late Latin victualia, provisions, nourishment, neuter plural of victualis, belonging to nourishment, from victus, food, from vivere, past participle victus, live: see vivid.
  2. With spelling altered as in the noun; from Middle English vitailen, vitaillen. from vitaille, food: see victual, n.
 

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