Category:Victory

Vic"to*ry, n.; pl. Victories. Etym: [oe. victorie, of. victorie, Victoire, f. victoire, l. victoria. See victor.]

Defn: 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 ant: 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.