Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.