Middle English Dictionary Entry
victōrīen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | victōrīen v. |
| Etymology | Prob. from OF victorier or ML victōriāre; also cp. ME victōrī(e n.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To overcome (sb.), vanquish;—used fig. of sickness or death; also [2nd quot.], ?triumph; ?conquer (an area);
(b) ppl. victoriing as noun: those things or actions that bring about victory in battle.
Associated quotations
a
- 1543(1464) Hardyng Chron.B (Grafton)p.335 : Great syckenesse so had hym victoried, And droue hym out from all his region, That neuer prince might haue dooen by persecucion.
- 1543(1464) Hardyng Chron.B (Grafton)p.360 : Full great parte Owen had and occupyed By processe so in Wales, and victoryed.
- 1543(1464) Hardyng Chron.B (Grafton)p.387 : This prince…dyed At Boys Vincent, with death then victoried.
b
- a1500(a1450) Ashmole SSecr.(Ashm 396)88/4 : Ordeyn men to threten with terrible noyses and sownes, And þat is of the nombre of ouercomyng and victorying in the feld [Lambeth: of hem þat surmounten and ouercomen; L superantium et vincentium].