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victorious, a.|vɪkˈtɔərɪəs|
Also 5–6 victoriouse, -yous, -ius (6 -yus); 5–6 vyctoryous(e, 6 -ious.
[a. AF. victorious (= OF. and F. victorieux) or ad. L. (ante- and post-class.) victōriōs-us, f. victōria victory n. So Sp. and Pg. victorioso, It. vittorioso.]
1. Having gained victory or obtained supremacy as victor; triumphant over adversaries or rivals; successful in any contest or struggle:
a. Of persons or an army. Also const. over.
c1400Destr. Troy 1101 Hit was neuer herd..In any coste where ye come, but ye were clene victorius. 1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) IV. 171 This Mitridates apperede ever moore..victoryous after that þe noble consulles of the Romanes..hade victory of hym. 1474Caxton Chesse ii. iv. (1883) 53 Be mercyfull to them wyth whom we haue ben victorious. 1535Coverdale Ecclus. xviii. 1 God onely is righteous, & remayneth a victorious kynge for euer. 1546in Eng. Gilds (1870) 197 The most valiant and victorius kinge,..kinge Edward. 1596Nashe Saffron-Walden Wks. (Grosart) III. 183 The victorioust Captaines and Warriours, the inuinciblest Cæsars and Conquerors. 1617Moryson Itin. i. 39 With much wonder that shee..was so victorious against the Spaniards. 1667Milton P.L. ii. 997 Heav'n Gates Pourd out by millions her victorious Bands Pursuing. a1727Newton Chronol. Amended iv. (1728) 299 They led their victorious armies against the King of Egypt. 1757tr. Keysler's Trav. III. 309 Giacomo da Pesaro,..victorious over the Turks in war, and over himself in peace. 1781Cowper Table-t. 473 Vengeance at last pours down upon their coast, A long despis'd, but now victorious, host. 1837J. Sterling Ess., etc. (1848) I. 176 Montaigne..yet had honesty and warmth of soul to see in Socrates a victorious witness for the..lastingness of truth. 1840Keightley Rom. Empire ii. vi. 246 Victorious over all his rivals,..Aurelian celebrated a triumph with unusual magnificence. 1864Pusey Lect. Daniel ii. 60 The young monarch..had already shown himself..energetic and victorious.
b. transf. Of things.
c1386Chaucer Man of Law's T. 358 Victorious tre, proteccioun of trewe, That oonly were worthy for to bere The kyng of heven. a1586Sidney Arcadia iii. xxii. (1904) 485 Love, be ashamed to be called Love: cruell Hate..is victorious over thee. 1667Milton P.L. ii. 142 Th' Ethereal mould Incapable of stain would soon..purge off the baser fire Victorious. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. ii. 420 The smouldering flame the trunk receives; Ascending thence, it..At length victorious to the top aspires. 1781Cowper Conversat. 320 Now the distemper, spite of draught or pill, Victorious seem'd. 1889J. B. Bury Hist. Later Rom. Emp. ii. ix. I. 185 Julian's championship of the dying cause furthered the victorious creed.
2. Of, belonging to, or characterized by victory; producing victory; emblematic of victory.
1490Caxton Eneydos xvi. 62 He shulde be dygne..to obteyne by bataylles the conqueste vyctoryouse of the..empyre of Ytalye. a1513Fabyan Chron. cxlvii. (1533) 78 For the whyche vyctoryous acte, the sayde Charlys obteynyd a surname, and was called..Carolus Martellus. 1596Spenser F.Q. vi. iv. 36 As their victorious deedes haue often showen, Being with fame through many Nations blowen. 1606Shakes. Ant. & Cl. iv. ii. 43, I hope well of to morrow, and will leade you, Where rather Ile expect victorious life, Then death, and Honor. c1630Milton At a Solemn Music 14 The Cherubick host..With those just Spirits that wear victorious Palms. 1712–4Pope Rape Lock iii. 104 Sudden, these honours shall be snatch'd away, And curs'd for ever this victorious day. 1791Cowper Iliad viii. 331 And I will give to thy victorious hand, After my own, the noblest recompense. 1829Scott Guy M. Introd., He had not power to explain the assurance of pardon which he continued to assert, or to name the victorious name on which he trusted. 1831― Ct. Rob. iv, It now became a serious and doubtful question whether our victorious eagles might be able to penetrate any farther into the country of the enemy. 1847Mrs. A. Kerr Ranke's Hist. Servia 95 They who had borne victorious arms against the Turks. |