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.

Death is swallowed up in victory. --1 Cor. xv. 54.

God on our side, doubt not of victory. --Shak.

Victory may be honorable to the arms, but shameful to the counsels, of a nation. --Bolingbroke.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)