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.
Death is
swallowed up in victory. 1 Cor. xv. 54. God on our side, doubt not of victory. Shak.
Victory may be honorable to the arms, but
shameful to the counsels, of a
nation. Bolingbroke.
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