Victual

['vɪt(ə)l] or ['vɪtəl]

Definition

(verb.) take in nourishment.

(verb.) lay in provisions; 'The vessel victualled before the long voyage'.

(verb.) supply with food; 'The population was victualed during the war'.

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Definition

(n.) Food; -- now used chiefly in the plural. See Victuals.

(n.) Grain of any kind.

(v. t.) To supply with provisions for subsistence; to provide with food; to store with sustenance; as, to victual an army; to victual a ship.

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Definition

n. provision of food that which is necessary for living food for human beings (gener. in pl.).—v.t. to supply with victuals or food: to store with provisions:—pr.p. Victualling (vit′l-ing); pa.t. and pa.p. Victualled (vit′ld).—ns. Vict′uallage provisions; Victualler (vīt′l-ėr) one who supplies provisions.—adj. Vict′ualless.—ns. Vict′ualling-bill a customs document warranting the captain of an outward-bound vessel to ship bonded stores for the voyage; Vict′ualling-off′ice -ship an office supplying a ship conveying provisions to the navy; Vict′ualling-yard a public establishment for the collection and supply of provisions to the navy.—Licensed Victualler an innkeeper who is allowed to sell spirits wines &c.

Typist: Lycurgus