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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Their study suggests that slow, orderly streams of cool gas already inside the galaxy—or delivered by interactions with nearby galaxies—may be quietly feeding central black holes, allowing those black holes to gently shut down star formation without blowing the galaxy apart.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Jan. 2026
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In one scheme, prosecutors say dozens of scammers bilked more than $250 million from a federal program meant to feed hungry children in what has been described as the largest pandemic-era fraud scheme in the country.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
9 Jan. 2026
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Whether lounging in white wicker rocking chairs or eating outside off wrought iron tables, some patio furniture will always be reminiscent of her.—
Shea Simmons,
Southern Living,
12 Jan. 2026
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Keep your stress low, stay balanced, and eat clean.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
12 Jan. 2026
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Williams, 37, struck an optimistic tone while speaking with the media Friday before the 49ers boarded a charter flight to Philadelphia.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
11 Jan. 2026
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There are people who walk to get around, and others who board minibuses called danfos which follow specific routes through the city.—
Alexis Okeowo,
New Yorker,
10 Jan. 2026
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Tuck into a tasting menu at fine-dining hot spot Roselily.—
Sarah Cahalan,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Jan. 2026
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Kutcher and the actress dined at La Dolce Vita, an Italian restaurant in Beverly Hills.—
Hannah Malach,
InStyle,
11 Jan. 2026
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Fully Dedicated Bare Metal and Cloud-based Server Environments HostColor’s AI-ready Charlotte Dedicated Servers are single-tenant computing environments that can be provisioned on demand.—
Nia Bowers,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Jan. 2026
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For example, the female carpenter bee provisions her nest with nectar and pollen, lays the eggs, and then the eggs hatch in late summer to fall.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
19 Dec. 2025
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“Victual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/victual. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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