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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Victuals  \Vict"uals\,  n.  pl  [OE.  vitaille,  OF  vitaille,  F. 
  victuaille  pl  victuailles  fr  L.  victualia  pl  of 
  victualis  belonging  to  living  or  nourishment,  fr  victus 
  nourishment,  from  vivere,  victum,  to  live;  akin  to  vivus 
  living.  See  {Vivid}.] 
  Food  for  human  beings,  esp.  when  it  is  cooked  or  prepared  for 
  the  table;  that  which  supports  human  life;  provisions; 
  sustenance;  meat;  viands. 
 
  Then  had  we  plenty  of  victuals.  --Jer.  xliv. 
  17. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  victuals 
  n  1:  a  stock  or  supply  of  foods  [syn:  {commissariat},  {provisions}, 
  {provender},  {viands}] 
  2:  a  source  of  nourishment  [syn:  {nutriment},  {nourishment},  {sustenance}, 
  {aliment},  {alimentation}] 
  3:  any  substance  that  can  be  used  as  food  [syn:  {comestible},  {edible}, 
  {eatable},  {pabulum},  {victual}]




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