单词 | victorious |
释义 | victoriousadj. 1. Having gained victory or obtained supremacy as victor; triumphant over adversaries or rivals; successful in any contest or struggle: a. Of persons or an army. Also const. over. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > victory > [adjective] > victorious victorious1474 triumphanta1513 triumphing?a1513 triumphal1513 triumphous1546 vanquissant1632 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [adjective] > winning > victorious victorious1474 triumphanta1513 triumphing?a1513 conquering1850 the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > nature or attributes of God > [adjective] > victorious or triumphant victorious1474 1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) ii. iv. 53 Be mercyfull to them wyth whom we haue ben victorious. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1872) IV. 171 This Mitridates apperede ever moore..victoryous after that þe noble consulles of the Romanes..hade victory of hym. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ecclus. xviii. 1 God onely is righteous, & remayneth a victorious kynge for euer. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 1101 Hit was neuer herd..In any coste where ye come, but ye were clene victorius. 1546 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 197 The most valiant and victorius kinge,..kinge Edward. 1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. T2 The victorioust Captaines and Warriours, the inuinciblest Cæsars and Conquerors. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 39 With much wonder that shee..was so victorious against the Spaniards. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 997 Heav'n Gates Pourd out by millions her victorious Bands Pursuing. View more context for this quotation a1727 I. Newton Chronol. Anc. Kingdoms Amended (1728) iv. 299 They led their victorious armies against the King of Egypt. 1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. III. 309 Giacomo da Pesaro,..victorious over the Turks in war, and over himself in peace. 1781 W. Cowper Table Talk 473 Vengeance at last pours down upon their coast, A long despis'd, but now victorious, host. 1837 J. Sterling Ess. & Tales (1848) I. 176 He fretted and indulged himself,—yet had honesty and warmth of soul to see in Socrates a victorious witness for the..lastingness of truth. 1840 T. Keightley Hist. Rom. Empire ii. vi. 246 Victorious over all his rivals,..Aurelian celebrated a triumph with unusual magnificence. 1864 E. B. Pusey Daniel ii. 60 The young monarch..had already shown himself..energetic and victorious. b. transferred. Of things. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [adjective] > winning > victorious > specifically of things victoriousc1386 c1386 G. Chaucer Man of Law's Tale 358 Victorious tre, proteccioun of trewe, That oonly were worthy for to bere The kyng of heven. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. xxii. sig. Vu8v Loue, be ashamed to be called Loue: cruell Hate..is victorious ouer thee. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 142 Th' Ethereal mould Incapable of stain would soon..purge off the baser fire Victorious . View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 83 The smouldring Flame the Trunk receives, Ascending thence, it..At length victorious to the Top aspires. View more context for this quotation 1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 228 Now the distemper spite of draught or pill Victorious seem'd. 1889 J. B. Bury Hist. Later Rom. Emp. I. ii. ix. 185 Julian's championship of the dying cause furthered the victorious creed. 2. Of, belonging to, or characterized by victory; producing victory; emblematic of victory. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > victory > [adjective] victorialc1460 victorious1490 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xvi. 62 He shulde be dygne..to obteyne by bataylles the conqueste vyctoryouse of the..empyre of Ytalye. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. cxlvii. f. lxxviii Ye which victoryous Acte the sayd Charlis obteynyd a sur name, and was callyd..Carolus Martellus. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. iv. sig. Cc6 As their victorious deedes haue often showen, Being with fame through many Nations blowen. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iv. ii. 43 I hope well of to morrow, and will leade you, Where rather Ile expect victorious life, Then death, and Honor. View more context for this quotation 1645 J. Milton At Solemn Musick in Poems 22 The Cherubick host..With those just Spirits that wear victorious Palms. 1714 A. Pope Rape of Lock (new ed.) iii. 25 Sudden these Honours shall be snatch'd away, And curs'd for ever this Victorious Day. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. viii. 331 And I will give to thy victorious hand, After my own, the noblest recompense. 1829 W. Scott Guy Mannering (new ed.) I. Introd. p. xiv He had not power to explain the assurance of pardon which he continued to assert, or to name the victorious name on which he trusted. 1831 W. Scott Count Robert iv, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. I. 115 It now became a serious and doubtful question whether our victorious eagles should be able to penetrate any farther into the country of the enemy. 1847 L. H. Kerr tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Servia 95 They who had borne victorious arms against the Turks. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.c1386 |
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