victual
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English [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
- victuall (obsolete)
Etymology [edit]
Middle English vitaille, from Late Latin victualia (“provisions”), from victus (“nourishment”), from vīvō (“live, survive”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
victual (plural victuals)
- Food fit for human consumption.
Verb [edit]
victual (third-person singular simple present victuals, present participle victualing or victualling, simple past and past participle victualed or victualled)
- (transitive) To provide with food; to provision.
- (intransitive) To lay in food supplies.
- (intransitive) To eat.
