victorious (viktorius)

[ The great Son return'd Victorious with his saints. Milton , P. L., vii. 136. The Baharnagash, though victorious , saw with some concern that he could not avoid the king, whose courage and capacity, both as a soldier and a general, left him everything to fear for his succe . 6750 The Victory of Samothrace, in the Louvre Museum. Bruce , Source of the Nile, II. 208. Victorious , wreath on head and spoils in hand. Browning , Ring and Book, I. 120. A body of victorious invaders may raise some, or the whole, of its supplies from the conquered country. H. Spencer , Prin. of Sociol., § 517. victre (vik'tres), n. [ victor + -e . Cf. vic2. Of or pertaining to victory; characterized trice .] A woman who conquers; a victrix. or signalized by victory. Sudden these honours shall be snatch'd away, And cursed forever this victorious day. Pope , R. of the L., iii. 104. 3. Emblematic of conquest; denoting victory. Now are our brows bound with victorious wreaths. Shak., Rich. III., i. 1. 5. victoriously (vik-tō'ri-us-li), adv. In a victorious manner; with defeat of an enemy or antagonist; triumphantly. Grace will carry us victoriously through all difficulties. Hammond .