Webster's practical dictionaryA practical dictionary of the English language, giving the correct spelling, pronunciation and definitions of words based on the Unabridged dictionary of Noah Webster .. . Vedette. Vidual, vidu-al, a. Of, or pert, to, the state of a wid-ow; widowed. Vie, vi, V. i. [vied (vTd), vying.] To strive for supe-riority, contend; endeavor to be equal or superior,rival; to use emulous effort, as in a race, contest,competition, rivalship, or strife. View, vu, V. t. [viewed (vud), viewing.] To look atwith attention, or for the purpose of examining; tobehold, inspect, explore;
Webster's practical dictionaryA practical dictionary of the English language, giving the correct spelling, pronunciation and definitions of words based on the Unabridged dictionary of Noah Webster .. . Vedette. Vidual, vidu-al, a. Of, or pert, to, the state of a wid-ow; widowed. Vie, vi, V. i. [vied (vTd), vying.] To strive for supe-riority, contend; endeavor to be equal or superior,rival; to use emulous effort, as in a race, contest,competition, rivalship, or strife. View, vu, V. t. [viewed (vud), viewing.] To look atwith attention, or for the purpose of examining; tobehold, inspect, explore; to survey intellectually, ex-amine with the mental eye, consider, behold, eye,survey.—n. Act of seeing or beholding; sight; sur-vey; mental survey; intellectual examiftation; reachof the sight; power of seeing; that which is beheld;scene; display as apprehended by one who looks;representation of a scene; a sketch; mode of lookingat or receiving anything; manner of apprehension;that which is looked toward or kept in sight, as ob-ject, aim, intention, purpose, design ; appearance ;show. Vigesimal, vi-jes-T-mal, a. Twentieth ; divided into,or consisting of, 20s or 20 parts.— Vigesimo-quarto,. sQu, cwbe. fuil! moon. f66t; cow, oil; linger or igk, then. boNboN, chair, get. VIGIL 490 VIOLATE -kwawrto, a. Composed of sheets so folded as tomake 24 leaves each, — said of books; written 24mo.— n. The size of a book thus made up; a book ofthis size. Vigil, vijil, n. Abstinence from sleep; sleeplessness;watch; watching or waking for religious exercises;the evening before any feast; a religious serviceperformed in the evening preceding a holiday; afast observed on the day preceding a holiday; awake. — Vigilance, -I-lans, n. State or quality ofbeing vigilant; forbearance of sleep; watchfulness;caution ; guard ; watch. — Vig^ilant, a. Attentiveto discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safe-ty: circumspect; ever on the alert; watehful. Vignette, vin-yet, n. {Arch.) A running
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