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VICTIMATB.
RcMiums, the Priest did not kil the Victime, but the Popa
or Victimarie, at the beck of the Priest. 1778 Apthorp
Prtoal. Chr. 398 Who had the same office as the latin
papae and victimaries, that of killing the victims.
•\ ViddniAte, sb. Obs. rare. [ad. L. victimat-
usj pa. ppXe.of ziifimdrc : see next.] = Victim sb.j.
1583 Stubbes Anat. Ahises Ep. Ded,, Sacrifices, Viotimates
& Hotocaustes offred. Ibid, O ij b, Hauin^ offred
vp their sacrifices, victimats and holocaustes to their false |
Gods.
+ Vi'ctimate, v, Obsr^ [f. L. victimdt-, ppl.
stem of victimarcj f. viciima Victim sbS\ (See
qaots.)
16x6 BoLLOKAR Ene:. Expcs., Vtciimat€y to offer in sacrifice,
to kill and sacrifice. x^^^^Si\ivrtGlossogr.^ Victimate,
to Sacrifice, to make an Oblation.
Viotimhood. [f. Victim j*.] The state of
being a victim.
i86« Mrs. Carlylk Lett. (1883) III. 138 Wearing a sullen
look of victinihood.
Victimizablo, a. [f. Victimize v."] Capable
of being victimized.
1841 Emerson Ess. h. iii. (1901) 273 Have you been victimised
in being brought hither?—or, prior to that, answer
me this, ' Are you victimisable t
Victimiza'tion. [f. next.] The action of
victimizing, or fact of being victimized, in various
senses.
1840 New Monthly Mag, LIX. 397 The man who does
not grow savage at victimization is an inert, unsentient
booby. x86o A. L. Windsor Etkica v. 278 On Pope's complete
victimization, perha[is, less stress is to be laid. 1885
L. OiAV^K^T Sympneumata 57 But the victimisation of the
infant terrestrial man was not to be so fully consummated.
1900 Pilot 30 June 544/1 The Companies Bill and the
Money-Lending Bill..nad_ the common object of putting
down fraud and victimisation.
b. Spec, in Theol. (See quot.)
1893 Month April 485 Christ's Body in its Eucharistic
state, which Theologians, when they explain the sacrificial
character of the Mass, call a slate of victimization.
Victimize (vi-ktimaiz), V. [f. Victim j^.]
1. trans. To make a victim of; to cause to suffer
inconvenience, discomfort, annoyance, etc., either
deliberately or by misdirected attentions.
1830 LvTTON Let. Sept., in M, Napier's Corr. (1879) 87
Your contributors are at full liberty to ridicule, abuse, and
(allow the author of Paul Clifford to employ a slang word)
victimize me. 1839 Col. Hawker Diary (1893) II. 166, 1
had the honour of being kindly victimised on the occasion
by our hospitable host, as the leader of the shooting world.
1848 Thackeray Van. FairxWy Becky . . described the occurrence,
and how she had been victimised by Lady Southdown,
b. To cheat, swindle, or defraud.
1839 [see Victimizing ^^X.SL.I. xZ^TLHKCViK.HK\ Bk. Snobs
xxxtx. In a turf transaction, either Spavin or Cockspur
would try to get the better of his father, and, to gain a point
in the odds, victimise his best friends. 1859 J. Lang Wand.
India 20 After several officers have been victimized at play,
their friends are apt to talk about the matter in an unpleasant
manner. 1883 Greenwood Odd People 96 In what way has
the rascal victimised his customer?
2. To put to death as, or in the manner of, a
sacrificial victim ; to slaughter.
1853 7Vz/V'j Mag. XX, 487 Fifty thousand Gentoos were
victimized by the scimitar. 1855 Singleton Virgil II. 541
By this wound 'Tis Pallas, Paltas, victimiseth thee. And
Calceth vengeance on thy cursed blood. 1899 jgtk Cent.
Nov. 816 note, The sacrifice used to be human, and virgins
were victimised on the hill at Kandy.
trans/. x88o McCarthv Own Times Hit. IV. 148 The prisoners.,
must have shared the fate of those who were victimised
outside [by an explosion].
b. To destroy or spoil (plants) completely.
1849 yrnL R. Agric. Soc. X. 1. 96 The wireworm had
been at work to so fearful an extent, that in ten days the
whole crop seemed victimised. x88a Hardy in Proc. Berw.
Nat. Club IX. 463 Some shrubs had been victimised by the
winter.
Hence Vi'ctimized///. a. ; Vi'otimizing vbl.
sb. and ppl. a.
X849 SovEH Mod, Housew. 242 •Victimised Cutlets. 1850
Thackeray /*««£?««« Ixiii, [He] had pledged his word.,
to be content with the allowance which his victimized wife
still awarded him. 1855 Smedley H. CoverdaJe iv, A
..system of reprisals which those victimised individuals
appeared.. inclined to resent. 1859 Habits o/Gd. Society
XV. 372 The. . broken sentences of the victimized bridegroom.
t834 Tait's Mag. 1. 392/2 The Jews were to have bis money
any way. If not for their conversion, then for his own
victimizing. 1850 Thackeray Pendennis Iv, There was
no such thmg: there was no victimizing. 1839 Morning
Herald 3 Sept., The defrauded victims of.. a "victimising
artist.
Vi'Ctimizer. [f. prec] One who victimizes
another or others.
183X Fraset^s Mag. IV. 578 A gambling house, in which
the cards arc played for the victim by the victimises X837
Thackeray Ravenstuingu, He. .felt the presence of a victimiser
as a hare does of a greyhound. 1863 Bates Nat.
A mazon II . 46 The dress of the victimisers is arr? nged with
especial reference to their prey. 1879 ' E. Garrett * House
bjf IVorks II. 1^7 Rather partners in fall and loss, than
victimiser and victim.
tVictita'tion. Obs. rare. [f. L. victitdre
to subsist (on something), f. victus food, sustenance.]
The taking of food or nourishment.
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1597 A. M. tr. GuiUemeau^s Fr. Ckirurg. 51/3 In eatinge j
a'.id drinckinge, without observingc anye rule of victitation. i
*S99 — tr. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physicke 155/2 He must observe
a good dyet in al his victitations.
Victlar, obs. form of Viotuallkk. !
186
t Vi'ctless, a. Obs~^ [f. L. vict'US food : cf.
Victitation.] Lacking food; hungry, starved.
1615 Chapman Odyss. xvu. 285 Why thou vnenuied
Swaine, Whither dost thou leade this same victles Leager ?
This bane of banquets ; this most nasty bagger ?
Victor (vi'ktsj), JiJ.l Forms: a.
victore, uyctor, 6 Sc, wictor. 3.
4- victor, 5
4-7 victour
(6 Sc. wictour), 5 victur, -oure, vyctour(e,
-owre. [a. AF. victor^ victour (OF. victeur), or
I.* victory agent-noun f. vict~, ppl. stem of vinch'e
to overcome, conquer.]
1. One who overcomes or vanquishes an adversary
; the leader of an army which wins a battle or
war. Sometimes collect., the winning army or
nation. Also const, of.
a. a 1340 Hampole Psalter xxiii. i A bedel ^at eftere l>e
victory cries J>at all |?e land is J>e victors. 1387 Trevisa
Higden (Rolls) II. 99 pe Saxons were victors, and eueriche
prouince, as he was strengere, made hem kynges. c 1400
Destr, Troy 2145 Ofte sith hit is sene. .Tliat a victor of a
victe is vile ouercomyn. 1448-9 J. Metham Jf^^i. (E.E.T.S.)
52/1403 Vowre welffare and prosperyte Is in m^ uyage, 5^
I may uyctor be. 1570 Levins Manip. 171 A victor, z'/V/on
1593 Wyrlev Armorie, Capitall de Buz i, Assailant conqueror,
this braue English king Triumphant victors his
noble offspring. 1606 Shaks. Tr. 8f Cr. iv. v. 67 What shalbe
done To him that victory commands? or doe you purpose,
A victor shall be knowne. 1665 Manlev Grotius'' Lo%V'C.
Warres 235 His Body, when found by the Victors, ..was
exposed to publike shame and laughter. 1697 Drviien
the victor sends
ALneidxu. 497 In vain the vanquish'd fly ;
The dead men's weapons at their living friends. ij6» Hume
Hist. Eng. I. 6 Boadicea herself, rather th^n fall into the
hands of the enraged victor, put an end to her own life by
poison. 1781 Gibbon Decl. iJ- F. xxx. (1787) III. 161 The
Huns..soon withdrew from the presence of an insulting
victor, i8ai Scott Keniltu, xxxvii, The light yet strong
buckler, and the short two-edged sword, the use of which
had made them victors of the world. 1841 Elphinstone
Hist. Ind. II. 567 Two of the surviving brothers soon after
came to an open conflict, and the third attacked the victor
on the morning after the battle, 1B71 R. Ellis Catullus
Ixiv. 112 Thence in safety, a victor, in height of glory
returned.
/3. 1387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls) I. 87 pan afterward >ey
serued J>e Macedonyes, when J?e Macedoynes were victours
in )»e est loiides. a 1400-50 Alexander 186 pan sail
\>ax victoure 50W venge on aour vile fais. 1412-20 Lvdc.
Chron. Troy i. 4321 pe feld pei ban, and ben l^at day victours.
c 1440 Promp. ParT/. 510/1 Vyctowre, victor, triumphator.
1508 Dunbar Poems vii. 2oWelcum invincible
victour moste wourthy. 1581 A. Hall Iliad \. 78 Thinking
that victour now he stoode, thus Pandarus doth braue At
the stoute Greeke. 1658 Phillips, Victour^ an overcomer
or Conquerour.
b. transf. andyf^. One who overcomes in any
contest or struggle.
a 1400 Minor Poemsfr. Vernon MS. xxiii. 132 Com tovs
wi(>-outen wene, Victor of olde Enemys. c 1430 Lydc. Min.
Poems (Percy Soc.) 97 Verray victor withe his woundes
fyve. 1447 Bokenham Seyntys (Roxb.) 90 Help lady that
he.. Of his goostly enmyse may victour be. c 1450 Capgrave
Life St. Gilbert 81 These same maydenes, desyring
to be victouris of her kynde & eke of \)e world. 1508
Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen 326, I crew abone that craudone,
as cok that wer wictour. 1567 Gude •$ Godlie B.
(S.T.S.) 23 Christ,. .Victour of deid and hell. 1638 Junius
Paint, Ancients 345 Now having obtained the chase, the
victor calleth for a knife to take essay. 1687 Boyle Mar*
tyrd. Theodora\\\. (1703) 104 O admirable contest ! where
the noble antagonists did not strive for victory, but death,
..that the victor might perish for the vanquished. 173a
Pope E^, Bathnrst 313 There, Victor of his health, of fortune,
friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends.
181 X Shelley Ztwf 7 Since withering pain no power possessed,..
Nor time's dread victor, death, confessed. 1865
Daily Tel. 31 Oct. 6/5 The silent Victor that meets us all,
sooner or later.
fc. Sc. The dux of a school. Obs.
1651 Caldwell Papers {M^h\. CI) I. losToyshoillmaster
and doctor in Glasgow for W^ Mure his candilmas offering,
he being victor that year, 20.0.0. 1724 R. Wodrow L^e
y, Wodrow (1828) 78 The Archbishop Paterson's second son
was then in it [the school], and was what we then called
victor.
2. atirib. (chiefly appositive), passing into adj.
(cf. ViCTORioDS a.), a. Of weapons, etc., as
victor arms, arrow, -banner, -spear, sxvord.
1590 Spenser F, Q. 11. x. 23 He with his victour sword
first opened The bowels of wide Fraunce. 1605 Shaks.
Learv. iii. 132, 1 protest,.. Despite thy victor-S word,, .thou
art a Traitor. 1726 Pope Odyss, xix. 477 My victor arms
Have awed the realms around with dire alarms. Ihid. xxiv.
202 Thro* ev'ry ring the victor arrow went. 1776 Mickle
tr. Camoens' Lusiad 168 O'er the wild waves the victorbanners
fiow'd. Ibid. 229 The victor-spear One hand employed,
1817 Shelley Rev. Islam iv. xxv, Why pause the
victor swords to seal his overthrow?
b. Of persons, animals, etc., as victor brethren,
eagle, god, -hand, -head, -hero, etc.
^1640 Shirley Cont. Ajax ^ Ulysses (1650) 128 Upon
Deaths purple Altar now. See where the Victor-victim
bleeds. 1697 Dryden Virg. Georg. 111. 747 The Victor
Horse, forgetful of his Food, The Palm renounces, and
abhors the Flood. 1703 Pope Thebais 668 To Argos'
realms the victor god resorts, c 1716 Somkrville To Addison,£state^
Warwicks., Thevictor-hostamaz'd, with horror
view'd Th' assembling troops. 1717 Pope Jliad xii. 257
The victor eagle, whose sinister flight Retards our host. 1730
Thomson Sopkonisba 11. ii. 7 If she may touch Thy knee,
thy purple, and thy victor-hand. 1776 Micklk tr. Camoens'
Lusiad 96 On Jordan's bank the victor-hero strode. Ibid.
328 The victor-youth the Lusian flag displays. 1814 Scott
Z(7rrf ij//f^« IV. xxXjO Scotland ! shall it e'er be mine.. To
raise my victor-head, and see Thy hills, thy dales, thy
VICTORIA.
people free? 184^ Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 388, 1, it seems, am
first Of all my victor brethren to declare The triumph past
and coming.
c. Miscellaneous, as victor-deed, -pxan, -palm,
-pomp, shore, -shout.
c 1381 Chaucer Pari. Foules 182 The olyue of pes, & ek
the dronke vyne, The victor palm, the laiirer to dcuyne.
1776 Mickle \.t. Camoens^ Lusiad 171 'Twas his in victorpomp
to bear away The golden apples fiom Hesperia's
shore. 1803 Leyden Scenes Infancy iv. xviii, The groans
of wounded on the blood-red plain. And victor-shouts exulting
o'er the slain, 1808 Scott Marmion 111. xxiv, Shouting
crews her navy bore, Triumphant, to the victor shore. 1814
— Lord of Isles v. xxxii, Then long and loud the victorshout
From turret and from tower rung out. 1819 Keats
Otho I. ii, I wonder not this stranger's victor-deeds So hang
upon your spirit. 1885 J. H. Dell Dawning Grey, Prefatory^
For the leader that shall brin^!; To the field the
mightiest forces, shall the victor-paean ring.
t 3. Victor penny, ^ fee paid to the schoolmaster
by the scholar owning the victorious cock. Obs.
*5*5 Foundation Stat. Manchester Gram. School 15
April, (The Schoolmaster shall teach the children] withoute
any money or other reward taking therefor as cokke
peny, victor peiiy, potacion peny or any other except his
said stipend.
t Victor, J'\ wag.
t Vi'Ctordom, Obs. rare. [f. as prec. -h -DOM.]
The condition of being a victor ; victory.
15*6 Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 135 Innumerable
martyrs by the lyght & strengthe of this gyfte had the
triumphe & victordome of paynes vnsptekable. a 1540
Barnes Wks. {1573) 278/1 Then will I stand by, and looke
on, and see what victordome thou shalt get.
t Vi*ctorer. Obs. Also 6 viotorour, victourer.
[Extended form of Victor sb^, in common
use c 1560-1610.] A victor or vanquisher.
"553 Brende Q. Curtius iv. 57 He that is so juste an
enemy, and so merciful a victorour. 1555 Edek Decades
(Arb.) 50 Greater commoditie hath therof ensewed to the
vanquisshed then the victourers. 1577 B. Googe Heresbach''s
Husb. 1. (1586) 5 b, The Earth in the meane time
reioysing to be torne with a Victorers shaare. 1601 Holland
Pliny II. 300 The manner was to hang this ridiculous
puppet under the chariots of noble victorers riding in
triumph. 1631 Gouge God's Arro7vs in. § 71. 314 Like
victorers they continued to hold up their banners.
tVi'ctoress. Obs. [f. Victor 5^.1 -h -bss.
Victress.] A female victor.
Cf.
1586 Warner Alb. Eng. u. xi. (1589) 44, I am bis Victor,
but thy selfe art Victoresse of me. 1590 Spenser F. Q. iii.
xii. 44 But when the victoresse arriued there, . . Neither of
them she -found where she them lore. 16x4 Heywood
Gunaik. v. 237 Oh Elphlede mighlie both in strength and
mind. The dread of men and victoresse of thy kind. 1634
[see Victress, quot. 1601I.
II Victoria ^ (viktoa-ria). [L. victoria (or Sp.
and Pg. victoria) : see Victory sb.'\
1. The word employed as a shout of triumph.
1638 Ford Lady*s Trial 11. i, Steal her away and to her
Cast caps and cry victoria t 167a Dryden Assignation iv.
iv, Victoria, Victoria! he loves you, madam. 1691 Wood
Ath. Oxon. II. 284 The judicious reader, .may easily rout
those Troops, which began too soon to cry victoria, and
thought, .but of dividing the spoil. 1855 Kingslev Westw.
Victoria !' shouted
Ho! xxxi, 'There go the rest of them !
Gary, as.. every Spaniard set all the sail he could. i86x
Gen. p. Thompson Audi Alt. Part. III. clxi 175 The
opposite party at the same time made simpletons of themselves
by throwing up their caps and crying ' victoria '.
transf. 1863 Bradford Adz'ertiser 18 July 5/2, If you
conquered, all the post-horns in Europe were set to sound
*
* Victoria I
2. A figure of the goddess Victory. rare^K