Victories

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Victory \Vic"to*ry\, n.; pl. {Victories}. [OE. victorie, OF.
     victorie, victoire, F. victoire, L. victoria. See {Victor}.]
     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 {defeat}.
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           Death is swallowed up in victory.        --1 Cor. xv.
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           God on our side, doubt not of victory.   --Shak.
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           Victory may be honorable to the arms, but shameful to
           the counsels, of a nation.               --Bolingbroke.
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