VIVE, v[=i]v, _adj._ (_Bacon_) lively, forcible. [Fr.,--L.
_vivus_--_viv[)e]re_, to live.]
VIVERRINE, v[=i]-ver'in, _adj._ pertaining to the _Viverridæ_, one of the
four families of the _Æluroidea_ section of Carnivora.--_n._ one of the
_Viverridæ_, and esp. of the division of _Viverrinæ_, including the civets,
genets, &c.
VIVERS, v[=e]'v[.e]rz, _n.pl._ (_Scot._) food, eatables. [Fr. _vivres_--L.
_viv[)e]re_, to live.]
VIVES, v[=i]vz, _n.pl._ a disease of horses, &c., seated in the glands
under the ear. [O. Fr. _avives_, _vives_--Sp. _avivas_--Ar.
_addh[=i]ba_--_al_, the, _dh[=i]ba_, she-wolf.]
VIVID, viv'id, _adj._ lively or life-like: having the appearance of life:
forming brilliant images in the mind: striking.--_adv._ VIV'IDLY.--_ns._
VIV'IDNESS, VIVID'ITY.--_adj._ VIVIF'IC, vivifying.--_ns._
VIVIFIC[=A]'TION; VIV'IFIER.--_v.t._ VIV'IFY, to make vivid, endue with
life. [L. _vividus_--_viv[)e]re_, to live.]
VIVIPAROUS, v[=i]-vip'a-rus, _adj._ producing young alive: (_bot._)
germinating from a seed still on the parent plant.--_ns._ V[=I]VIPAR'ITY,
V[=I]VIP'AROUSNESS.--_adv._ V[=I]VIP'AROUSLY. [L., from _vivus_, alive,
_par[)e]re_, to produce.]
VIVISECTION, viv-i-sek'shun, _n._ the practice of making operations or
painful experiments on living animals, for the purposes of physiological
research or demonstration.--_v.t._ VIVISECT', to practise vivisection
on.--_adj._ VIVISEC'TIONAL.--_ns._ VIVISEC'TIONIST, one who practises or
defends vivisection; VIVISEC'TOR, one who practises vivisection;
VIVISECT[=O]'RIUM, a place for vivisection. [L. _vivus_, alive,
_sectio_--_sec[=a]re_, to cut.]
VIVISEPULTURE, viv-i-sep'ul-t[=u]r, _n._ burial alive.
VIXEN, vik'sn, _n._ a she-fox: an ill-tempered woman.--_adjs._ VIX'EN,
VIX'ENISH, VIX'ENLY, ill-tempered, snarling. [Formerly also _vixon_; a form
of _fixen_--A.S. _fyxen_, a she-fox.]
VIZ. See VIDELICET.
VIZAMENT, viz'a-ment, _n._ (_Shak._) advisement.
VIZARD, viz'ard, VIZOR, viz'ur. Same as VISOR.
VIZIR, VIZIER, vi-z[=e]r', _n._ a minister or councillor of state in the
Ottoman Empire and other Mohammedan states--also VISIER', VEZIR',
WIZIER'.--_ns._ VIZIR'ATE, VIZIER'ATE, VIZIR'SHIP, VIZIER'SHIP, the office
of a vizir.--_adjs._ VIZIR'IAL, VIZIER'IAL.--GRAND VIZIR, in Turkey, the
prime-minister, and formerly also commander of the army. [Ar. _waz[=i]r_, a
porter--_wazara_, to bear a burden.]
VLY, vl[=i], or fl[=i], _n._ a swamp, a shallow pond which is sometimes
dry.--Also VLEIJ, VLEI. [A word of Dutch origin used in South Africa, prob.
derived from Dut. _vallei_, a valley.]
VOCABLE, v[=o]'ka-bl, _n._ that which is sounded with the voice: a word: a
name.--_ns._ VOCAB'[=U]LARY, a list of vocables or words explained in
alphabetical order: the words of a language: a dictionary: any list of
words; VOCAB'[=U]LIST, a lexicographer, the harmless drudge who compiles a
dictionary.--_adjs._ V[=O]'CAL, having a voice: uttered or changed by the
voice: (_phon._) voiced, uttered with voice: having a vowel function;
VOCAL'IC, containing vowels.--_n._ VOCALIS[=A]'TION, act of
vocalising.--_v.t._ V[=O]'CALISE, to make vocal: to form into voice: to
insert the vowel points, as in Hebrew.--_v.i._ to speak, sing.--_ns._
V[=O]'CALIST, a vocal musician, a singer; VOCAL'ITY, V[=O]'CALNESS,
utterableness: vowel character.--_adv._ V[=O]'CALLY.--_adj._ VOC'ULAR
(_rare_), vocal.--VOCAL CHORDS, two elastic membraneous folds of the larynx
capable of being stretched or relaxed; VOCAL MUSIC, music produced by the
human voice alone, as opposed to _Instrumental music_. [L.
_vocabulum_--_voc[=a]re_, to call.]
VOCATION, v[=o]-k[=a]'shun, _n._ call or act of calling: calling:
occupation.--_adj._ VOC[=A]'TIONAL.--_adv._ VOC[=A]'TIONALLY. [L.
_vocatio_--_voc[=a]re_.]
VOCATIVE, vok'a-tiv, _adj._ pertaining to the act of calling, applied to
the grammatical case used in personal address.--_n._ the case of a word
when a person or thing is addressed. [L. _vocativus_--_voc[=a]re_.]
VOCIFERATE, v[=o]-sif'e-r[=a]t, _v.i._ to cry with a loud voice.--_v.t._ to
utter with a loud voice.--_n._ VOCIF'ERANCE, clamour.--_adj._ VOCIF'ERANT,
clamorous.--_ns._ VOCIFER[=A]'TION, act of vociferating: a violent or loud
outcry; VOCIF'ER[=A]TOR.--_v.t._ VOCIF'ERISE, to vociferate.--_n._
VOCIFEROS'ITY.--_adj._ VOCIF'EROUS, making a loud outcry: noisy.--_adv._
VOCIF'EROUSLY.--_n._ VOCIF'EROUSNESS. [L.--_vox_, _vocis_, voice, _ferre_,
to carry.]
VOCULAR, vok'[=u]-lar, _adj._ vocal.--_n._ VOC'ULE, a slight sound of the
voice.
VODKA, v[=o]d'ka, _n._ a Russian spirit, properly distilled from rye, but
sometimes from potatoes. [Russ., 'brandy,' dim. of _voda_, water.]
VOE, v[=o], _n._ in Shetland, a bay, creek.--Also VO, VAE. [Ice. _vágr_,
_vogr_, a creek.]
VOGIE, v[=o]'gi, _adj._ (_Scot._) vain: merry.
VOGUE, v[=o]g, _n._ mode or fashion at any particular time: practice:
popular reception. [Fr. _vogue_, course of a ship--_voguer_, to row, from
Old High Ger. _wag[=o]n_ (Ger. _wogen_, to fluctuate, float)--_waga_, a
waving, akin to _w[=a]g_, a wave.]
VOICE, vois, _n._ sound from the mouth: sound given out by anything:
utterance or mode of utterance: language: expression: expressed opinion:
one who speaks: (_Shak._) reputation: sound uttered with resonance of the
vocal chords: vote: (_gram._) mode of inflecting verbs, as being active or
passive.--_v.t._ to give utterance to, declare, announce: to fit for
sounding: to regulate the tone of: to utter with voice or tone, as
distinguished from breath.--_adjs._ VOICED, furnished with a voice;
VOICE'FUL, having a voice: vocal.--_n._ VOICE'FULNESS.--_adj._ VOICE'LESS,
having no voice or vote.--_ns._ VOICE'LESSNESS; VOIC'ER; VOIC'ING, the
regulating of the tone of organ pipes, ensuring proper power, pitch, and
quality.--IN MY VOICE (_Shak._), in my name; INNER VOICE, PART, in music, a
voice-part intermediate between the highest and the lowest; IN VOICE, in
good condition for singing or speaking.--WITH ONE VOICE, unanimously. [O.
Fr. _voix_--L. _vox_, _vocis_; akin to Gr. _epos_, a word.]
VOID, void, _adj._ unoccupied: empty: destitute (with _of_): having no
binding force: wanting: unsubstantial.--_n._ an empty space.--_v.t._ to
make vacant: to quit: to send out, emit, empty out: to render of no effect,
to nullify: (_Spens._) to lay aside, divest one's self of.--_adj._
VOID'ABLE, that may be voided or evacuated.--_n._ VOID'ANCE, act of voiding
or emptying: state of being void: ejection.--_p.adj._ VOID'ED (_her._),
having the inner part cut away or left vacant--said of a charge or
ordinary.--_ns._ VOID'ER, one who empties: a contrivance in armour for
covering an unprotected part of the body: a tray for carrying away crumbs,
&c.; VOID'ING, the act of voiding: a remnant; VOID'NESS, emptiness:
nullity. [O. Fr. _voide_, _void_, empty--L. _viduus_, bereft; others trace
to Low L. form, akin to L. _vac[=a]re_, to be empty.]
VOIVODE, VAIVODE, voi'v[=o]d, v[=a]'v[=o]d, _n._ the leader of an army: in
Poland the title of the head of an administrative division, in Moldavia and
Wallachia the former title of the princes, in Turkey an inferior
administrative official--also VAY'VODE, WAI'WODE, WAY'WODE.--_ns._
VOI'VODESHIP, VAI'VODESHIP. [Russ. _voevoda_ (Serv. _vojvoda_, Pol.
_wojewoda_), a general.]