| slovo | definícia |
victor
(mass) | victor
- víťaz |
victor
(encz) | victor,vítěz |
Victor
(gcide) | Victor \Vic"tor\, n. [L. victor, fr. vincere, victum, to
vanquish, to conquer. See Vanquish.]
1. The winner in a contest; one who gets the better of
another in any struggle; esp., one who defeats an enemy in
battle; a vanquisher; a conqueror; -- often followed by
at, rarely by of.
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In love, the victors from the vanquished fly;
They fly that wound, and they pursue that die.
--Waller.
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2. A destroyer. [R. & Poetic]
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There, victor of his health, of fortune, friends,
And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends.
--Pope.
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Victor
(gcide) | Victor \Vic"tor\, a.
Victorious. "The victor Greeks." --Pope.
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victor
(wn) | victor
n 1: a combatant who is able to defeat rivals [syn: victor,
master, superior]
2: the contestant who wins the contest [syn: winner, victor]
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
victor
(mass) | victor
- víťaz |
victory
(mass) | victory
- víťazstvo |
be victorious
(encz) | be victorious,vítězit be victorious,zvítězit |
pyrrhic victory
(encz) | Pyrrhic victory,Pyrrhovo vítězství [hist.] ~ vyjadřuje formální
vítězství či úspěch, které ve skutečnosti ve svých důsledcích žádným
vítězstvím či úspěchem není. mamm & Wikipedie |
sail to victory
(encz) | sail to victory,zvítězit [fráz.] hladce, suverénně, bez potíží Pino |
snatch victory from the jaws of defeat
(encz) | snatch victory from the jaws of defeat, |
victor
(encz) | victor,vítěz |
victoria
(encz) | Victoria,hl.m. - Seychely n: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překladVictoria,Victoria n: [jmén.] příjmení, okres v USA, ženské křestní
jméno Zdeněk Brož a automatický překladVictoria,Viktorie n: Zdeněk Brož |
victorian
(encz) | Victorian,Victorian n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překladVictorian,viktoriánec Zdeněk BrožVictorian,viktoriánský adj: Zdeněk Brož |
victoriana
(encz) | Victoriana, |
victorianism
(encz) | Victorianism, |
victorianize
(encz) | Victorianize, |
victorianizes
(encz) | Victorianizes, |
victorians
(encz) | Victorians, |
victories
(encz) | victories,vítězství pl. Zdeněk Brož |
victorious
(encz) | victorious,vítězný |
victoriously
(encz) | victoriously,vítězně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
victors
(encz) | victors,vítězi Zdeněk Brož |
victory
(encz) | victory,vítězství |
victory celebration
(encz) | victory celebration, n: |
victory garden
(encz) | victory garden, n: |
victory lap
(encz) | victory lap, n: |
victoria
(czen) | Victoria,Victorian: [jmén.] příjmení, okres v USA, ženské křestní
jméno Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
victorian
(czen) | Victorian,Victoriann: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
all-victorious
(gcide) | all-victorious \all-victorious\ adj.
1. victorious in every battle.
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Cadmean victory
(gcide) | Cadmean \Cad*me"an\ (k[a^]d*m[=e]"an), a. [L. Cadmeus, Gr.
Kadmei^os, from Ka`dmos (L. Cadmus), which name perhaps means
lit. a man from the East; cf. Heb. qedem east.]
Of or pertaining to Cadmus, a fabulous prince of Thebes, who
was said to have introduced into Greece the sixteen simple
letters of the alphabet -- [alpha], [beta], [gamma], [delta],
[epsilon], [iota], [kappa], [lambda], [mu], [nu], [omicron],
[pi], [rho], [sigma], [tau], [upsilon]. These are called
Cadmean letters.
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Cadmean victory, a victory that damages the victors as much
as the vanquished; probably referring to the battle in
which the soldiers who sprang from the dragon's teeth sown
by Cadmus slew each other. Similar to a Pyhrric victory.
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Goura Victoria
(gcide) | Goura \Gou"ra\, n. (Zool.)
One of several species of large, crested ground pigeons of
the genus Goura, inhabiting New Guinea and adjacent
islands. The Queen Victoria pigeon (Goura Victoria) and the
crowned pigeon (G. coronata) are among the best known
species.
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lopsided victory
(gcide) | lopsided victory \lop"sid`ed victory\, n.
A victory in a contest in which one side defeats the other
overwhelmingly; -- in sports, meaning one side scores much
more than the other; in war, meaning one side has many more
casualties than the other.
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Pyrrhic victory
(gcide) | Pyrrhic \Pyr"rhic\, a. [L. pyrrhichius, Gr. ? belonging to the ?
(sc. ?) a kind of war dance.]
1. Of or pertaining to an ancient Greek martial dance. " ye
have the pyrrhic dance as yet." --Byron.
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2. (Pros.) Of or pertaining to a pyrrhic, or to pyrrhics;
containing pyrrhic; as, a pyrrhic verse.
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Pyrrhic victory [From Pyrrhus, king of Epirus.],
(a) a victory in which the winning side sustains very
heavy losses.
(b) any act supposedly benefitting the actor, for which
the costs outweight the benefits.
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Victoress
(gcide) | Victoress \Vic"tor*ess\, n.
A victress. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Victoria
(gcide) | Victoria \Vic*to"ri*a\, prop. n. [NL.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of aquatic plants named in honor of Queen
Victoria. The Victoria regia is a native of Guiana and
Brazil. Its large, spreading leaves are often over five
feet in diameter, and have a rim from three to five inches
high; its immense rose-white flowers sometimes attain a
diameter of nearly two feet.
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2. A kind of low four-wheeled pleasure carriage, with a
calash top, designed for two persons and the driver who
occupies a high seat in front.
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3. (Astron.) An asteroid discovered by Hind in 1850; --
called also Clio.
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4. One of an American breed of medium-sized white hogs with a
slightly dished face and very erect ears.
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Victoria cross, a bronze Maltese cross, awarded for valor
to members of the British army or navy. It was first
bestowed in 1857, at the close of the Crimean war. The
recipients also have a pension of [pounds]10 a year.
Victoria green. (Chem.) See Emerald green, under Green.
Victoria lily (Bot.), the Victoria regia. See def. 1,
above.
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Victoria crape
(gcide) | Victoria crape \Victoria crape\
A kind of cotton crape.
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Victoria cross
(gcide) | Victoria \Vic*to"ri*a\, prop. n. [NL.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of aquatic plants named in honor of Queen
Victoria. The Victoria regia is a native of Guiana and
Brazil. Its large, spreading leaves are often over five
feet in diameter, and have a rim from three to five inches
high; its immense rose-white flowers sometimes attain a
diameter of nearly two feet.
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2. A kind of low four-wheeled pleasure carriage, with a
calash top, designed for two persons and the driver who
occupies a high seat in front.
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3. (Astron.) An asteroid discovered by Hind in 1850; --
called also Clio.
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4. One of an American breed of medium-sized white hogs with a
slightly dished face and very erect ears.
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Victoria cross, a bronze Maltese cross, awarded for valor
to members of the British army or navy. It was first
bestowed in 1857, at the close of the Crimean war. The
recipients also have a pension of [pounds]10 a year.
Victoria green. (Chem.) See Emerald green, under Green.
Victoria lily (Bot.), the Victoria regia. See def. 1,
above.
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Victoria green
(gcide) | Green \Green\ (gr[=e]n), n.
1. The color of growing plants; the color of the solar
spectrum intermediate between the yellow and the blue.
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2. A grassy plain or plat; a piece of ground covered with
verdant herbage; as, the village green.
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O'er the smooth enameled green. --Milton.
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3. Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants;
wreaths; -- usually in the plural.
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In that soft season when descending showers
Call forth the greens, and wake the rising flowers.
--Pope.
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4. pl. Leaves and stems of young plants, as spinach, beets,
etc., which in their green state are boiled for food.
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5. Any substance or pigment of a green color.
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Alkali green (Chem.), an alkali salt of a sulphonic acid
derivative of a complex aniline dye, resembling emerald
green; -- called also Helvetia green.
Berlin green. (Chem.) See under Berlin.
Brilliant green (Chem.), a complex aniline dye, resembling
emerald green in composition.
Brunswick green, an oxychloride of copper.
Chrome green. See under Chrome.
Emerald green. (Chem.)
(a) A complex basic derivative of aniline produced as a
metallic, green crystalline substance, and used for
dyeing silk, wool, and mordanted vegetable fiber a
brilliant green; -- called also aldehyde green,
acid green, malachite green, Victoria green,
solid green, etc. It is usually found as a double
chloride, with zinc chloride, or as an oxalate.
(b) See Paris green (below).
Gaignet's green (Chem.) a green pigment employed by the
French artist, Adrian Gusgnet, and consisting essentially
of a basic hydrate of chromium.
Methyl green (Chem.), an artificial rosaniline dyestuff,
obtained as a green substance having a brilliant yellow
luster; -- called also light-green.
Mineral green. See under Mineral.
Mountain green. See Green earth, under Green, a.
Paris green (Chem.), a poisonous green powder, consisting
of a mixture of several double salts of the acetate and
arsenite of copper. It has found very extensive use as a
pigment for wall paper, artificial flowers, etc., but
particularly as an exterminator of insects, as the potato
bug; -- called also Schweinfurth green, {imperial
green}, Vienna green, emerald qreen, and {mitis
green}.
Scheele's green (Chem.), a green pigment, consisting
essentially of a hydrous arsenite of copper; -- called
also Swedish green. It may enter into various pigments
called parrot green, pickel green, Brunswick green,
nereid green, or emerald green.
[1913 Webster]Victoria \Vic*to"ri*a\, prop. n. [NL.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of aquatic plants named in honor of Queen
Victoria. The Victoria regia is a native of Guiana and
Brazil. Its large, spreading leaves are often over five
feet in diameter, and have a rim from three to five inches
high; its immense rose-white flowers sometimes attain a
diameter of nearly two feet.
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2. A kind of low four-wheeled pleasure carriage, with a
calash top, designed for two persons and the driver who
occupies a high seat in front.
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3. (Astron.) An asteroid discovered by Hind in 1850; --
called also Clio.
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4. One of an American breed of medium-sized white hogs with a
slightly dished face and very erect ears.
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Victoria cross, a bronze Maltese cross, awarded for valor
to members of the British army or navy. It was first
bestowed in 1857, at the close of the Crimean war. The
recipients also have a pension of [pounds]10 a year.
Victoria green. (Chem.) See Emerald green, under Green.
Victoria lily (Bot.), the Victoria regia. See def. 1,
above.
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Victoria lily
(gcide) | Victoria \Vic*to"ri*a\, prop. n. [NL.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of aquatic plants named in honor of Queen
Victoria. The Victoria regia is a native of Guiana and
Brazil. Its large, spreading leaves are often over five
feet in diameter, and have a rim from three to five inches
high; its immense rose-white flowers sometimes attain a
diameter of nearly two feet.
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2. A kind of low four-wheeled pleasure carriage, with a
calash top, designed for two persons and the driver who
occupies a high seat in front.
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3. (Astron.) An asteroid discovered by Hind in 1850; --
called also Clio.
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4. One of an American breed of medium-sized white hogs with a
slightly dished face and very erect ears.
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Victoria cross, a bronze Maltese cross, awarded for valor
to members of the British army or navy. It was first
bestowed in 1857, at the close of the Crimean war. The
recipients also have a pension of [pounds]10 a year.
Victoria green. (Chem.) See Emerald green, under Green.
Victoria lily (Bot.), the Victoria regia. See def. 1,
above.
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Victoria pigeon
(gcide) | Queen \Queen\, n. [OE. quen, quene, queen, quean, AS. cw[=e]n
wife, queen, woman; akin to OS. qu[=a]n wife, woman, Icel.
kv[=a]n wife, queen, Goth. q[=e]ns. [root]221. See Quean.]
1. The wife of a king.
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2. A woman who is the sovereign of a kingdom; a female
monarch; as, Elizabeth, queen of England; Mary, queen of
Scots.
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In faith, and by the heaven's quene. --Chaucer.
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3. A woman eminent in power or attractions; the highest of
her kind; as, a queen in society; -- also used
figuratively of cities, countries, etc. " This queen of
cities." " Albion, queen of isles." --Cowper.
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4. The fertile, or fully developed, female of social bees,
ants, and termites.
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5. (Chess) The most powerful, and except the king the most
important, piece in a set of chessmen.
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6. A playing card bearing the picture of a queen; as, the
queen of spades.
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Queen apple. [Cf. OE. quyne aple quince apple.] A kind of
apple; a queening. "Queen apples and red cherries."
--Spenser.
Queen bee (Zool.), a female bee, especially the female of
the honeybee. See Honeybee.
Queen conch (Zool.), a very large West Indian cameo conch
(Cassis cameo). It is much used for making cameos.
Queen consort, the wife of a reigning king. --Blackstone.
Queen dowager, the widow of a king.
Queen gold, formerly a revenue of the queen consort of
England, arising from gifts, fines, etc.
Queen mother, a queen dowager who is also mother of the
reigning king or queen.
Queen of May. See May queen, under May.
Queen of the meadow (Bot.), a European herbaceous plant
(Spir[ae]a Ulmaria). See Meadowsweet.
Queen of the prairie (Bot.), an American herb ({Spir[ae]a
lobata}) with ample clusters of pale pink flowers.
Queen pigeon (Zool.), any one of several species of very
large and handsome crested ground pigeons of the genus
Goura, native of New Guinea and the adjacent islands.
They are mostly pale blue, or ash-blue, marked with white,
and have a large occipital crest of spatulate feathers.
Called also crowned pigeon, goura, and {Victoria
pigeon}.
Queen regent, or Queen regnant, a queen reigning in her
own right.
Queen's Bench. See King's Bench.
Queen's counsel, Queen's evidence. See King's counsel,
King's evidence, under King.
Queen's delight (Bot.), an American plant ({Stillinqia
sylvatica}) of the Spurge family, having an herbaceous
stem and a perennial woody root.
Queen's metal (Metal.), an alloy somewhat resembling pewter
or britannia, and consisting essentially of tin with a
slight admixture of antimony, bismuth, and lead or copper.
Queen's pigeon. (Zool.) Same as Queen pigeon, above.
Queen's ware, glazed English earthenware of a cream color.
Queen's yellow (Old Chem.), a heavy yellow powder
consisting of a basic mercuric sulphate; -- formerly
called turpetum minerale, or Turbith's mineral.
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Victoria regia
(gcide) | Victoria \Vic*to"ri*a\, prop. n. [NL.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of aquatic plants named in honor of Queen
Victoria. The Victoria regia is a native of Guiana and
Brazil. Its large, spreading leaves are often over five
feet in diameter, and have a rim from three to five inches
high; its immense rose-white flowers sometimes attain a
diameter of nearly two feet.
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2. A kind of low four-wheeled pleasure carriage, with a
calash top, designed for two persons and the driver who
occupies a high seat in front.
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3. (Astron.) An asteroid discovered by Hind in 1850; --
called also Clio.
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4. One of an American breed of medium-sized white hogs with a
slightly dished face and very erect ears.
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Victoria cross, a bronze Maltese cross, awarded for valor
to members of the British army or navy. It was first
bestowed in 1857, at the close of the Crimean war. The
recipients also have a pension of [pounds]10 a year.
Victoria green. (Chem.) See Emerald green, under Green.
Victoria lily (Bot.), the Victoria regia. See def. 1,
above.
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victorian
(gcide) | nonmodern \nonmodern\ adj.
1. not modern; of or characteristic of an earlier time.
Opposite of modern. [Narrower terms: antebellum;
{fogyish, mossgrown, mossy, stick-in-the-mud(prenominal),
stodgy old-fashioned}; medieval, mediaeval, gothic;
old-time, quaint; unmodernized; victorian;
old-fashioned, outmoded; old-world] Also See: old,
past.
[WordNet 1.5]Victorian \Vic*to"ri*an\, a.
Of or pertaining to the reign of Queen Victoria of England;
as, the Victorian poets.
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Victorian period. See Dionysian period, under
Dyonysian.
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Victorian
(gcide) | nonmodern \nonmodern\ adj.
1. not modern; of or characteristic of an earlier time.
Opposite of modern. [Narrower terms: antebellum;
{fogyish, mossgrown, mossy, stick-in-the-mud(prenominal),
stodgy old-fashioned}; medieval, mediaeval, gothic;
old-time, quaint; unmodernized; victorian;
old-fashioned, outmoded; old-world] Also See: old,
past.
[WordNet 1.5]Victorian \Vic*to"ri*an\, a.
Of or pertaining to the reign of Queen Victoria of England;
as, the Victorian poets.
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Victorian period. See Dionysian period, under
Dyonysian.
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Victorian period
(gcide) | Victorian \Vic*to"ri*an\, a.
Of or pertaining to the reign of Queen Victoria of England;
as, the Victorian poets.
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Victorian period. See Dionysian period, under
Dyonysian.
[1913 Webster]Dionysian \Di`o*ny"sian\, a.
Relating to Dionysius, a monk of the 6th century; as, the
Dionysian, or Christian, era.
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Dionysian period, a period of 532 years, depending on the
cycle of the sun, or 28 years, and the cycle of the moon,
or 19 years; -- sometimes called the {Greek paschal
cycle}, or Victorian period.
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Victories
(gcide) | 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.
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Death is swallowed up in victory. --1 Cor. xv.
54.
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God on our side, doubt not of victory. --Shak.
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Victory may be honorable to the arms, but shameful to
the counsels, of a nation. --Bolingbroke.
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Victorine
(gcide) | Victorine \Vic`tor*ine"\, n.
A woman's fur tippet.
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Victorious
(gcide) | Victorious \Vic*to"ri*ous\, a. [L. victoriosus: cf. F.
victorieux. See Victory.]
Of or pertaining to victory, or a victor; being a victor;
bringing or causing a victory; conquering; winning;
triumphant; as, a victorious general; victorious troops; a
victorious day.
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But I shall rise victorious, and subdue
My vanquisher. --Milton.
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Now are our brows bound with victorious wreaths.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster] -- Vic*to"ri*ous*ly, adv. --
Vic*to"ri*ous*ness, n.
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Victoriously
(gcide) | Victorious \Vic*to"ri*ous\, a. [L. victoriosus: cf. F.
victorieux. See Victory.]
Of or pertaining to victory, or a victor; being a victor;
bringing or causing a victory; conquering; winning;
triumphant; as, a victorious general; victorious troops; a
victorious day.
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But I shall rise victorious, and subdue
My vanquisher. --Milton.
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Now are our brows bound with victorious wreaths.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster] -- Vic*to"ri*ous*ly, adv. --
Vic*to"ri*ous*ness, n.
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Victoriousness
(gcide) | Victorious \Vic*to"ri*ous\, a. [L. victoriosus: cf. F.
victorieux. See Victory.]
Of or pertaining to victory, or a victor; being a victor;
bringing or causing a victory; conquering; winning;
triumphant; as, a victorious general; victorious troops; a
victorious day.
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But I shall rise victorious, and subdue
My vanquisher. --Milton.
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Now are our brows bound with victorious wreaths.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster] -- Vic*to"ri*ous*ly, adv. --
Vic*to"ri*ous*ness, n.
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Victorium
(gcide) | Victorium \Vic*to"ri*um\, n. [NL. So named after Victoria, queen
of Great Britain.] (Chem.)
A probable chemical element discovered by Sir William Crookes
in 1898. Its nitrate is obtained byy practical decomposition
and crystallization of yttrium nitrate. At. wt., about 117.
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Victory
(gcide) | 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.
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Death is swallowed up in victory. --1 Cor. xv.
54.
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God on our side, doubt not of victory. --Shak.
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Victory may be honorable to the arms, but shameful to
the counsels, of a nation. --Bolingbroke.
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all-victorious
(wn) | all-victorious
adj 1: never having lost |
ciudad victoria
(wn) | Ciudad Victoria
n 1: a city in east central Mexico |
eugene victor debs
(wn) | Eugene Victor Debs
n 1: United States labor organizer who ran for President as a
socialist (1855-1926) [syn: Debs, Eugene V. Debs,
Eugene Victor Debs] |
ferdinand victor eugene delacroix
(wn) | Ferdinand Victor Eugene Delacroix
n 1: French romantic painter (1798-1863) [syn: Delacroix,
Eugene Delacroix, Ferdinand Victor Eugene Delacroix] |
great victoria desert
(wn) | Great Victoria Desert
n 1: a desert region in south central Australia to the north of
the Nullarbor Plain |
honore-gabriel victor riqueti
(wn) | Honore-Gabriel Victor Riqueti
n 1: French revolutionary who was prominent in the early days of
the French Revolution (1749-1791) [syn: Mirabeau, {Comte
de Mirabeau}, Honore-Gabriel Victor Riqueti] |
juan carlos victor maria de borbon y borbon
(wn) | Juan Carlos Victor Maria de Borbon y Borbon
n 1: king of Spain since 1975 (born in 1938) [syn: {Juan
Carlos}, Juan Carlos Victor Maria de Borbon y Borbon] |
kund johan victor rasmussen
(wn) | Kund Johan Victor Rasmussen
n 1: Danish ethnologist and Arctic explorer; led expeditions
into the Arctic to find support for his theory that Eskimos
and North American Indians originally migrated from Asia
(1879-1933) [syn: Rasmussen, {Kund Johan Victor
Rasmussen}] |
lake victoria
(wn) | Lake Victoria
n 1: the largest lake in Africa and the 2nd largest fresh water
lake in the world; a headwaters reservoir for the Nile
River [syn: Lake Victoria, Victoria Nyanza] |
louis victor de broglie
(wn) | Louis Victor de Broglie
n 1: French nuclear physicist who generalized the wave-particle
duality by proposing that particles of matter exhibit
wavelike properties (1892-1987) [syn: Broglie, {de
Broglie}, Louis Victor de Broglie] |
patrick victor martindale white
(wn) | Patrick Victor Martindale White
n 1: Australian writer (1912-1990) [syn: White, {Patrick
White}, Patrick Victor Martindale White] |
pyrrhic victory
(wn) | Pyrrhic victory
n 1: a victory that is won by incurring terrible losses |
queen victoria
(wn) | Queen Victoria
n 1: queen of Great Britain and Ireland and empress of India
from 1837 to 1901; the last Hanoverian ruler of England
(1819-1901) [syn: Victoria, Queen Victoria] |
sir edward victor appleton
(wn) | Sir Edward Victor Appleton
n 1: English physicist remembered for his studies of the
ionosphere (1892-1966) [syn: Appleton, Edward Appleton,
Sir Edward Victor Appleton] |
victor
(wn) | victor
n 1: a combatant who is able to defeat rivals [syn: victor,
master, superior]
2: the contestant who wins the contest [syn: winner, victor]
[ant: also-ran, loser] |
victor emanuel ii
(wn) | Victor Emanuel II
n 1: king of Italy who completed the unification of Italy by
acquiring Venice and Rome (1820-1878) |
victor emanuel iii
(wn) | Victor Emanuel III
n 1: king of Italy who appointed Mussolini prime minister; he
abdicated in 1946 and the monarchy was abolished
(1869-1947) |
victor franz hess
(wn) | Victor Franz Hess
n 1: United States physicist (born in Austria) who was a
discoverer of cosmic radiation (1883-1964) [syn: Hess,
Victor Hess, Victor Franz Hess] |
victor herbert
(wn) | Victor Herbert
n 1: United States musician and composer and conductor noted for
his comic operas (1859-1924) [syn: Herbert, {Victor
Herbert}] |
victor hess
(wn) | Victor Hess
n 1: United States physicist (born in Austria) who was a
discoverer of cosmic radiation (1883-1964) [syn: Hess,
Victor Hess, Victor Franz Hess] |
victor horta
(wn) | Victor Horta
n 1: Belgian architect and leader in art nouveau architecture
(1861-1947) [syn: Horta, Victor Horta] |
victor hugo
(wn) | Victor Hugo
n 1: French poet and novelist and dramatist; leader of the
romantic movement in France (1802-1885) [syn: Hugo,
Victor Hugo, Victor-Marie Hugo] |
victor-marie hugo
(wn) | Victor-Marie Hugo
n 1: French poet and novelist and dramatist; leader of the
romantic movement in France (1802-1885) [syn: Hugo,
Victor Hugo, Victor-Marie Hugo] |
victoria
(wn) | Victoria
n 1: queen of Great Britain and Ireland and empress of India
from 1837 to 1901; the last Hanoverian ruler of England
(1819-1901) [syn: Victoria, Queen Victoria]
2: (Roman mythology) goddess of victory; counterpart of Greek
Nike
3: a waterfall in the Zambezi River on the border between
Zimbabwe and Zambia; diminishes seasonally [syn: Victoria,
Victoria Falls]
4: a town in southeast Texas to the southeast of San Antonio
5: port city and the capital of Seychelles [syn: Victoria,
capital of Seychelles]
6: a state in southeastern Australia
7: capital of the Canadian province of British Columbia on
Vancouver Island |
victoria clafin woodhull
(wn) | Victoria Clafin Woodhull
n 1: United States advocate of women's suffrage; in 1872 she was
the first woman to run for the United States presidency
(1838-1927) [syn: Woodhull, Victoria Clafin Woodhull] |
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