What a vengeance, or What the vengeance, what! — emphatically. [Obs.]
"But what a vengeance makes thee fly!" Hudibras. "What the vengeance!
Could he not speak 'em fair?" Shak. — With a vengeance, with great
violence; as, to strike with a vengeance. [Colloq.]
Venge"ance*ly, adv. Extremely; excessively. [Obs.] "He loves that
vengeancely." Beau. & Fl.
Venge"ful (?), a. Vindictive; retributive; revengeful. "Vengeful ire."
Milton. — Venge"ful*ly, adv.
Venge"ment (?), n. [OF. vengement.] Avengement; penal retribution;
vengeance. [Obs.] Spenser.
Ven"ger (?), n. An avenger. [Obs.] Spenser.
Ve"ni*a*ble (?), a. [L. veniabilis, fr. venia forgiveness, pardon.]
Venial; pardonable. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne. — Ve"ni*a*bly, adv. [Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.
Ve"ni*al (?), a. [OF. venial, F. véniel, L. venialis, from venia
forgiveness, pardon, grace, favor, kindness; akin to venerari to
venerate. See Venerate.] 1. Capable of being forgiven; not heinous;
excusable; pardonable; as, a venial fault or transgression.
So they do nothing, 't is a venial slip.
Shak.
2. Allowed; permitted. [Obs.] "Permitting him the while venial
discourse unblamed." Milton.
Venial sin (R. C. Theol.), a sin which weakens, but does not wholly
destroy, sanctifying grace, as do mortal, or deadly, sins.
— Ve"ni*al*ly, adv. — Ve"ni*al*ness, n. Bp. Hall.
Ve`ni*al"i*ty (?), n. The quality or state of being venial; venialness.
Jer. Taylor.
||Ve*ni"re fa"ci*as (?). [L., make, or cause, to come.] (Law) (a) A
||judicial writ or precept directed to the sheriff, requiring him to
||cause a certain number of qualified persons to appear in court at a
||specified time, to serve as jurors in said court. (b) A writ in the
||nature of a summons to cause the party indicted on a penal statute to
||appear. Called also venire.
||
Ven"i*son (?; 277), n. [OE. veneison, veneson, venison, OF. veneison,
F. venaison, L. venatio hunting, the chase, game, fr. venari, p. p.
venatus, to hunt; perhaps akin to OHG. weidin&?;n, weidenen, to
pasture, to hunt, G. weide pasturage. Cf. Gain to acquire, Venation.]
1. Beasts of the chase. [Obs.] Fabyan.
2. Formerly, the flesh of any of the edible beasts of the chase, also
of game birds; now, the flesh of animals of the deer kind exclusively.
||Ve*ni"te (?), n. [L., come, imperative 2d person pl. So called from
||its opening word in the Latin version.] (Eccl.) The 95th Psalm, which
||is said or sung regularly in the public worship of many churches.
||Also, a musical composition adapted to this Psalm.
||
Ven"om (?), n. [OE. venim, OF. venim, F. venin, L. veneum. Cf.
Venenate.] 1. Matter fatal or injurious to life; poison; particularly,
the poisonous, the poisonous matter which certain animals, such as
serpents, scorpions, bees, etc., secrete in a state of health, and
communicate by thing or stinging.
Or hurtful worm with cankered venom bites.
Milton.
2. Spite; malice; malignity; evil quality. Chaucer. "The venom of such
looks." Shak.
Syn. — Venom; virus; bane. See Poison.
Ven"om, v. t. [OE. venimen, OF. venimer, L. venenare. See Venom, n.] To
infect with venom; to envenom; to poison. [R.] "Venomed vengeance."
Shak.
Ven"om*ous (?), a. [OE. venemous, venimous, F. venimeux, L. venenosus,
fr. venenum poison. See Venom, and cf. Venenose.] 1. Full of venom;
noxious to animal life; poisonous; as, the bite of a serpent may be
venomous.
2. (Zoöl.) Having a poison gland or glands for the secretion of venom,
as certain serpents and insects.
3. Noxious; mischievous; malignant; spiteful; as, a venomous progeny; a
venomous writer.
Venomous snake (Zoöl.), any serpent which has poison glands and fangs,
whether dangerous to man or not. These serpents constitute two tribes,
the viperine serpents, or Solenoglypha, and the cobralike serpents, or
Proteroglypha. The former have perforated, erectile fangs situated in
the front part of the upper jaw, and are without ordinary teeth behind
the fangs; the latter have permanently erect and grooved fangs, with
ordinary maxillary teeth behind them.
— Ven"om*ous*ly, adv. — Ven"om*ous*ness, n.
Ve*nose" (?), a. [See Venous.] Having numerous or conspicuous veins;
veiny; as, a venose frond.
Ve*nos"i*ty (?), n. 1. The quality or state of being venous.
2. (Med.) A condition in which the circulation is retarded, and the
entire mass of blood is less oxygenated than it normally is.
Ven"ous (?), a. [L. venosus, from vena a vein. See Vein.] 1. (Anat.) Of
or pertaining to a vein or veins; as, the venous circulation of the
blood.
2. Contained in the veins, or having the same qualities as if contained
in the veins, that is, having a dark bluish color and containing an
insufficient amount of oxygen so as no longer to be fit for oxygenating
the tissues; — said of the blood, and opposed to arterial.