Viced to Viduation
Viced
(Viced) a. Vicious; corrupt. [Obs.] Shak.
Vicegerency
(Vice*ge"ren*cy) n. The office of a vicegerent. South.
Vicegerent
(Vice*ge"rent) a. [Vice, a. + gerent: cf. F. vicegérant.] Having or exercising delegated power; acting
by substitution, or in the place of another. Milton.
Vicegerent
(Vice*ge"rent) a. [Vice, a. + gerent: cf. F. vicegérant.] Having or exercising delegated power; acting
by substitution, or in the place of another. Milton.
Vicegerent
(Vice*ge"rent), n. An officer who is deputed by a superior, or by proper authority, to exercise
the powers of another; a lieutenant; a vicar. Bacon.
The symbol and vicegerent of the Deity.
C. A. Young. Viceman
(Vice"man) n.; pl. Vicemen A smith who works at the vice instead of at the anvil.
Vicenary
(Vic"e*na*ry) a. [L. vicenarius, fr. viceni twenty each; akin to viginti twenty.] Of or pertaining
to twenty; consisting of twenty.
Vicennial
(Vi*cen"ni*al) a. [L. vicennium a period of twenty years; viceni twenty + annus year.]
1. Lasting or comprising twenty years.
2. Happening once in twenty years; as, a vicennial celebration.
Vice-regal
(Vice`-re"gal) a. Of or pertaining to a viceroy or viceroyalty. Macaulay.
Viceroy
(Vice"roy) n. [F. vice-roi; pref. vice- in the place of (L. vice) + roi a king, L. rex. See Vice,
prep. and Royal.]
1. The governor of a country or province who rules in the name of the sovereign with regal authority, as
the king's substitute; as, the viceroy of India.
2. (Zoöl.) A large and handsome American butterfly Its wings are orange-red, with black lines along the
nervures and a row of white spots along the outer margins. The larvæ feed on willow, poplar, and apple
trees.
Viceroyalty
(Vice*roy"al*ty) n. The dignity, office, or jurisdiction of a viceroy.
Viceroyship
(Vice"roy*ship) n. Viceroyalty.
Vicety
(Vi"ce*ty) n. [From Vice a fault.] Fault; defect; coarseness. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Vichy water
(Vi"chy wa`ter) A mineral water found at Vichy, France. It is essentially an effervescent
solution of sodium, calcium, and magnetism carbonates, with sodium and potassium chlorides; also, by
extension, any artificial or natural water resembling in composition the Vichy water proper. Called also,
colloquially, Vichy.
Viciate
(Vi"ci*ate) v. t. See Vitiate. [R.]
Vicinage
(Vic"i*nage) n. [OF. veisinage, F. voisinage, from OF. veisin, F. voisin, neighboring, a neighbor,
L. vicunus. See Vicinity.] The place or places adjoining or near; neighborhood; vicinity; as, a jury must
be of the vicinage. "To summon the Protestant gentleman of the vicinage." Macaulay.
Civil war had broken up all the usual ties of vicinage and good neighborhood.
Sir W. Scott.
