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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Salvia can fill your garden with purple blooms throughout the fall, giving pollinators a place to feed long after other blooms have disappeared.—
Heather Bien,
Southern Living,
18 Aug. 2025
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Some of the cave’s water still feeds the nearby Lukács Baths via an underground pipe — though the original inlet, by the stone steps that plunge into the water, was rerouted to give divers easier access.—
Jennifer Walker,
CNN Money,
18 Aug. 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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So, the parents called a relative to pick up the boy while the parents boarded the aircraft.—
Colson Thayer,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Hastings boarded the project earlier this year as executive producer, marking his first major foray into feature film producing.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
6 Aug. 2025
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Catch a show at a massive theater or a more intimate cabaret, and dine at one of 15 restaurants on board.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
11 Aug. 2025
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Texas Roadhouse’s outperformance in this metric indicates the brand is loved, and there are no issues getting people to dine in their restaurants despite strategic menu price increases and economic uncertainty.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
8 Aug. 2025
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As a result, according to Cheever, every man, woman, child, and ship’s mate on the Mayflower was provisioned a full gallon of beer per day for their grueling ocean crossing.—
James Dodson
July 7,
Literary Hub,
7 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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“Victual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/victual. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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