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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Vi-tū'per-a-ble, a. p. 1480Liable to, or deserving, vituperation or censure; blameworthy; censurable. [Obs.]Vi-tū'per-āte, v. t. p. 1480To find fault with; to scold; to overwhelm with abuse; to censure.Vi-tū'per-ā'tion, n. p. 1480The act of vituperation; abuse; severe censure; blame. When a man becomes intractable and inaccessible by fierceness and pride, then vituperation comes upon him. Donne.Vī-tū'per-a-tive, a. p. 1481Uttering or writing censure; containing or expressing severe censure; abusive. “Vituperative appellations derived from their real or supposed ill qualities.” B. Jonson.Vī-tū'per-a-tive-ly, adv. p. 1481In a vituperative manner; abusively.Vī-tū'per-ā'tor, n. p. 1481One who vituperates, or censures abusively.Vī'tu-pē'ri-ous, a. p. 1481Worthy of vituperation; shameful; disgraceful. [Obs. and rare.]Vi'vace, a. p. 1481(Mus.) Brisk; vivacious; — a direction to perform a passage in a brisk and lively manner.Vī-vā'cious, a. p. 1481Having vigorous powers of life; tenacious of life; long-lived. [Rare.] Hitherto the English bishops had been vivacious almost to wonder. . . . But five died for the first twenty years of her…Vī-vā'cioūs-ly, adv. p. 1481In a vivacious manner; with life or spirit.Vī-vā'ciŏŭs-ness, n. p. 1481The quality of being vivacious; power of living; tenacity of life. [Rare.] In vivaciousness they outlive most men. Fuller. 2. Sprightliness of temper or behavior; vivacity; activity; liveliness.Vī-văc'ĭ-ty, n. p. 1481The quality of being vivacious; tenacity of life; vital force; natural vigor. [Rare.] The vivacity of some of these pensioners is little less than a miracle, they lived so long. Fuller. 2. Life…Vivandière, n. p. 1481A female sutler; a woman who attends a regiment with refreshments, especially with such wine or liquor as she can carry in a small keg hanging by her side. ☞ Vivandières are not recognized as a class…Vī-vā'ri-ām or Vī'vā-ry, n. p. 1481A place artificially arranged for keeping or raising living animals, as a park, a pond, or a warren; sometimes, a tank of glass or other material filled with either fresh or salt water; but this is…Vīv'dā, n. p. 1481See VIFDÁ.Vive, a. p. 1481Lively; animated; forcible. [Obs.] Bacon.Vīve, v. p. 1481Long live; success to; as, vive le roi, long live the king; vive la bagatelle, success to trifles or sport.Vīve'ly, adv. p. 1481In a lively manner. [Obs.] “If I see a thing vively represented on the stage.” B. Jon.Vī'ven-cy, n. p. 1481Manner of supporting life or vegetation. [Obs.] Browne.Vī'vers, n. pl. p. 1481Provisions. I'll join you at three, if the vivers can tarry so long. W. Scott.Vīves, n. p. 1481A disease of brute animals, especially of horses, seated in the glands under the ear, where a tumor is formed which sometimes ends in suppuration.Vīv'i-an-īte, n. p. 1481(Min.) A phosphate of iron, of various shades of blue and green.Vīv'id, a. p. 1481True to the life; exhibiting the appearance of life or freshness; animated; spirited; bright; strong; as, the vivid colors of the rainbow; the vivid green of flourishing vegetables. “Arts which…Vi-vid'i-ty, n. p. 1481Vividness. [Rare.]Vīv'id-ly, adv. p. 1481In a vivid manner; with life; with strength. Sensitive objects affect a man much more vividly than those which affect only his mind. South. 2. With brightness; in bright colors. 3. With animated…Viv'id-ness, n. p. 1481The quality of being vivid; life; strength; sprightliness. All great steps in science require a peculiar distinctness and vividness of thought in the discoverer. Whewell. 2. Strength of coloring…Vi-vif'ic or Vi-vif'ic-al, a. p. 1481Giving life; reviving; enlivening. [Rare.] Bailey.Vi-vif'i-cāte, v. t. p. 1481To give life to; to animate; to revive; to recover; to vivify. [Rare.] God vivificates and actuates the whole world. More. 2. (Chem.) To bring back to the metallic form, as a metal, from an oxide…Viv′i-fi-cā′tion, n. p. 1481The act of vivifying, or the state of being vivified; restoration of life; revival.Viv'i-fi-cā'tive, a. p. 1481Able to vivify, animate, or give life.Viv'i-fy, v. t. p. 1481To endue with life; to make to be living; to quicken; to animate. Sitting on eggs doth vivify, not nourish. Bacon.Vī-vĭp'a-rōŭs, a. p. 1481Producing young in a living state, as all mammals, as distinguished from oviporous, producing eggs, as fowls. 2. (Bot.) Producing offspring alive, either by bulbs instead of seeds, or by the seeds…Viv'i-sĕc'tion, n. p. 1481The dissection of an animal while alive, for the purpose of making physiological investigations.Vix'en, n. p. 1481A fox's cub of either sex. 2. A cross, ill-tempered woman. She was a vixen when she went to school. Shak. 3. An ill-tempered, quarrelsome man. [Obs. and rare.] Barrow.Vĭx'en-ish, a. p. 1481Like, or pertaining to, a vixen; as, a vixenish temper.Vĭx'en-ly, a. p. 1481Having the qualities of a vixen.Viz. p. 1481To wit; that is; namely.Viz'ard, n. p. 1481A mask; a visor. [Rare.] “To mislead and betray them under the vizard of law.” Milton. “A grotesque vizard.” W. Scott.Viz'ard-ed, a. p. 1481Covered with a vizard; masked. [Rare.] Shak.Vĭz'ier or Vī-ziēr', n. p. 1481A councilor of state; a high executive officer in Turkey and other Oriental countries. Grand vizier, the chief minister of the Turkish empire; —called also vizier-a-zem.Vĭz'ier-ate or Vī-ziēr'ate, n. p. 1481The office of vizier.Vi-zi'er-a-zen', n. p. 1481The grand vizier. See VIZIER.Vī-ziēr'i-al or Vī-zīr'i-al, a. p. 1481Of, pertaining to, or issued by the vizier.Vĭ-zīr’, n. p. 1481See VIZIER.Vō'ca-ble, n. p. 1481A word; a term; a name; specifically, a word considered as composed of certain sounds or letters, without regard to its meaning. “Swamped near to drowning in a tide of ingenious vocables.” Carlyle.Vo-căb'ū-la-ry, n. p. 1481A list or collection of words arranged in alphabetical order and explained; a dictionary or lexicon, whether of a whole language, a single work or author, a branch of science, or the like. 2. Sum or…Vo-cāb'ū-līst, n. p. 1481The writer or former of a vocabulary; a lexicographer or linguist.Vō'cal, a. p. 1481Having a voice; endowed with utterance. To hill or valley, fountain or fresh shade, Made vocal by my song. Milton. 2. Uttered or modulated by the voice; as, vocal melody; vocal prayer. “Vocal…Vō'cal, n. p. 1481(Rom. Cath. Church.) A man who has a right to vote in certain elections.Vo-căl'ic, a. p. 1481Consisting of the voice, or vowel sounds. “The Gaelic language being uncommonly vocalic.” W. Scott.Vō'cal-ĭsm, n. p. 1481The exercise of the vocal organs.Vō'cal-ĭst, n. p. 1481A singer, or vocal musician, as opposed to an instrumental performer.Vo-căl'i-ty, n. p. 1481The quality of being vocal; utterableness; resonance; as, the vocality of the letters.Vō'cal-i-zā'tion, n. p. 1481The act of vocalizing. 2. The formation and utterance of vocal sounds.Vō'cal-ize, v. t. p. 1481To form into voice; to make vocal or sonant; to give intonation or resonance to. It is one thing to give impulse to breath alone, and another to vocalize that breath. Holder. 2. To practice singing…Vō'cal-ly, adv. p. 1481In a vocal manner; with voice; orally; with audible sound. 2. In words; verbally; as, to express desires vocally.Vō'cal-ness, n. p. 1481The state or quality of being vocal; vocality.Vo-cā'tion, n. p. 1481Call; summons; citation; especially, designation to a particular state or profession. What can be urged for them who, not having the vocation of poverty to scribble, out of mere wantonness make…Vŏc'a-tīve, a. p. 1481Relating to, or used in, calling; used in address;—said of that case of the noun, pronoun, or adjective, in which a person or thing is addressed.Vōc'a-tive, n. p. 1481(Gram.) The case, in any language, in which a word is put when the person or thing is addressed; as, Domine, O Lord.