Definition of Victual
Vict´ual
Pronunciation:
vĭt´'l
n.
1.
Food
; -
now
used
chiefly
in
the
plural
.
See
Victuals
.
He
was
not
able
to
keep
that
place
three
days
for
lack
of
victual
.
- Knolles.
There
came
a
fair-hair
'
d
youth
,
that
in
his
hand
Bare
victual
for
the
mowers
.
- Tennyson.
Short
allowance
of
victual
.
- Longfellow.
2.
Grain
of
any
kind
.
v. t.
1.
To
supply
with
provisions
for
subsistence
;
to
provide
with
food
;
to
store
with
sustenance
;
as
,
to
victual
an
army
;
to
victual
a
ship
.
[
imp
. &
p
.
p
.
Victualed
(vĭt"'
ld
)
or
Victualled
;
p
.
pr
. &
vb
.
n
.
Victualing
or
Victualling
.]
I
must
go
victual
Orleans
forthwith
.
- Shak.
Related Words
comestible
,
eatable
,
edible
,
furnish
,
pabulum
,
provide
,
provisioner
,
render
,
supply
,
sutler
,
victualer
,
victualler
,
victuals
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