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   vict·ual

   /ˈvid(ə)l/

   noun

   • 1. food or provisions: "turkey and other savory victuals were served"

   verb

   • 1. provide with food or other stores: "the ship wasn't even properly victualed"
   • ▪ obtain or lay in food or other stores: "a voyage of such length, that no ship could victual for"
   • ▪ eat: "victual with me next Saturday"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French vitaille, from late Latin victualia, neuter plural of Latin victualis, from victus ‘food’; related to vivere ‘to live’. The pronunciation still represents the early spelling vittel; later spelling has been influenced by the Latin form.

   Scrabble Points: 12

   • V

     4

   • I

     1

   • C

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   • T

     1

   • U

     1

   • A

     1

   • L

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