1
as in to feed
to provide food or meals for
the navy was usually equipped, clothed and victualled by the Crown
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2
as in to eat
to take a meal
that evening the travelers victualed sumptuously on partridge and venison
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Recent Examples of victual
Scholars long thought that the capability to construct and victual a watercraft and then navigate it to a distant coast arrived only with advent of agriculture and animal domestication.
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Andrew Lawler, Science | AAAS, 24 Apr. 2018
Andrew Lawler, Science | AAAS, 24 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for victual
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Come for the hard news and stay for stuff that feeds your passions: top-shelf dining, sports and music content.—
Benjamin Goad,
The Tennessean,
26 July 2025
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Oleksandr Dmitriev, the founder of a Ukrainian system that centralizes feeds from thousands of drone crews across the frontline, told Reuters the outage was an example of the shortcomings of relying on cloud services for military operations, particularly battlefield drone reconnaissance.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
25 July 2025
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The successful hatchings come about a year after Scout ate two of his chicks as a first-time dad, leaving the pair with no surviving eaglets from their first nesting season, McClatchy News previously reported.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Miami Herald,
24 Mar. 2025
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The calls came while eating lunch, while lying in bed at night.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
24 Mar. 2025
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Some reported seeing law enforcement officers boarding the ship.—
Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American Statesman,
29 July 2025
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They were first romantically linked after TMZ obtained photos showing them boarding a flight from Cancún back to L.A. on July 14.—
Caroline Blair,
People.com,
28 July 2025
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The resort’s restaurant, Pointe 49 Kitchen and Bar, has dining indoors and out with views over the pool to the lake and mountains beyond.—
Johanna Read,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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Situated between Oklahoma City and Tulsa, this small city of 48,000-plus has plenty of shops, dining, and live music to keep people of all ages entertained.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
31 July 2025
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Lacy said that sandhill crane parents will provision their chicks with high-protein food sources such as bugs, worms and fish.—
Laura Schulte,
jsonline.com,
31 July 2025
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Organizations can drastically improve security and compliance across hybrid environments by enforcing zero-trust policies, expediting user provisioning and preventing unauthorized access through the embedding of verifiable digital identities.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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“Victual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/victual. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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