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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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}. 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  victory 
  n  :  a  successful  ending  of  a  struggle  or  contest;  "the  general 
  always  gets  credit  for  his  army's  victory";  "the 
  agreement  was  a  triumph  for  common  sense"  [syn:  {triumph}] 
  [ant:  {defeat}] 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Victory,  NY  (village,  FIPS  77431) 
  Location:  43.09355  N,  73.59237  W 
  Population  (1990):  581  (213  housing  units) 
  Area:  1.4  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Victory,  WI 
  Zip  code(s):  54624




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