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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>VEND</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="venational"> venational, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with venation. </DL> <A NAME="vend"> vend, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to sell; peddle. Ex. He vends fruit from a cart. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) to put forward (an opinion, lie, or other statement). <DD>v.i. to be sold; find a market or purchaser. </DL> <A NAME="venda"> Venda, noun, pl. -das.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a member of an agricultural group of tribes living in northern South Africa. <DD> 2. the Bantu language of the tribes. </DL> <A NAME="vendace"> vendace, noun, pl. -daces or (collectively) -dace.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a small whitefish found in certain lakes in Scotland. <DD> 2. a closely related species found in England. </DL> <A NAME="vendage"> vendage, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the harvesting of grapes; vintage. </DL> <A NAME="vendange"> vendange, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) vendage. </DL> <A NAME="vendean"> Vendean, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an inhabitant of La Vendee, in western France, who took part in the insurrection of 1793 against the French Republic. </DL> <A NAME="vendee"> vendee, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially Law.) the person to whom a thing is sold; buyer. </DL> <A NAME="vendemiaire"> Vendemiaire, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the first month of the French revolutionary calendar, extending from September 22nd to October 21st. </DL> <A NAME="vender"> vender, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a seller, especially a peddler or person who sells on the street; vendor. Ex. a flower vender. (SYN) hawker. <DD> 2. =vending machine. </DL> <A NAME="vendetta"> vendetta, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a feud in which a murdered or injured person's relatives try to take revenge on the wrongdoer or his relatives; blood feud. A vendetta may sometimes be carried on from one generation to another. <DD> 2. any prolonged or bitter feud. Ex. What made the case so obnoxious ... was the implication that British police were being used to aid a political vendetta in another country (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists). </DL> <A NAME="vendettist"> vendettist, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who takes part in or carries on a vendetta. </DL> <A NAME="vendeuse"> vendeuse, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) a saleswoman. Ex. Although customers can change materials, it is wise to take the advice of the vendeuse on this (London Times). </DL> <A NAME="vendibility"> vendibility, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> salable quality; quality of being marketable. </DL> <A NAME="vendible"> vendible, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. salable; marketable. Ex. Spoiled food is not vendible. <DD> 2. (Figurative:) Ex. the vendible favors of some city officials. (SYN) corrupt, venal. <DD>noun a salable thing. adv. vendibly. </DL> <A NAME="vendingmachine"> vending machine,<DL COMPACT><DD> a machine from which one obtains candy, stamps, or other small articles when a coin is dropped in. </DL> <A NAME="vendition"> vendition, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act of selling or peddling; sale. </DL> <A NAME="vendor"> vendor, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a seller; peddler. Ex. The narcotics vendor is one of society's most dangerous enemies. </DL> <A NAME="vendue"> vendue, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a public sale or auction. </DL> <A NAME="veneer"> veneer, verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. 1a. to cover (wood) with a thin layer of finer wood or other material to produce an elegant or polished surface. Ex. The cabinetmaker veneered the pine desk with mahogany. <DD> b. to glue together (thin layers of wood) to make plywood. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) to cover (anything) with a layer of something else to give an appearance of superior quality. Ex. A rogue in grain veneer'd with sanctimonious theory (Tennyson). <DD>noun 1a. a thin layer of wood or other material used in veneering. Ex. The panel had a veneer of gold and ivory. <DD> b. one of the thin layers of wood used in making plywood. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) a surface appearance or show. Ex. a veneer of culture. A veneer of pity hid his real meanness. Their treachery was hidden by a veneer of friendship. noun veneerer. </DL> <A NAME="veneering"> veneering, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the art or process of applying veneer. <DD> 2. any thin material applied or used as a veneer. <DD> 3. the covering or surface formed by a veneer. <DD> 4. (Figurative.) a mere surface appearance or show; outward pretense. Ex. It was not long before his veneering of good will wore through. </DL> <A NAME="venenation"> venenation, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act or process of poisoning, especially through a bite, sting, or the like. Ex. ... venenation by venoms that are capable of producing local histolysis such as those of pit vipers and some spiders (Science). </DL> <A NAME="venenose"> venenose, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> poisonous; venomous. </DL> <A NAME="venepuncture"> venepuncture, noun. =venipuncture.</DL> <A NAME="venerability"> venerability, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the fact or quality of being venerable. Ex. At 57, he was approaching venerability in the eyes of party workers clamoring for younger leadership (Newsweek). </DL> <A NAME="venerable"> venerable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. worthy of reverence; deserving respect because of age, character, or importance. Ex. a venerable priest, venerable customs, the venerable ruins of Athens and Rome. <DD> 2. designating an archdeacon of the Anglican Church (used as a title of respect). <DD> 3. (in the Roman Catholic Church) designating a person recognized as having attained a degree of virtue but not yet recognized as beatified or canonized. Ex. the Venerable Bede. noun venerableness. </DL> <A NAME="venerably"> venerably, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in a venerable manner; so as to excite reverence. </DL> <A NAME="venerate"> venerate, transitive verb, -ated, -ating.<DL COMPACT><DD> to regard with deep respect; revere. Ex. He venerates his father's memory. Holy writers, and such whose names are venerated to all posterity (Sir Thomas Browne). (SYN) honor, esteem. </DL> <A NAME="veneration"> veneration, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a feeling of deep respect; reverence. Ex. veneration for learning, to hold one's grandfather in veneration. <DD> 2. the act of showing respect and reverence. Ex. An important teaching of Confucius was veneration of one's ancestors. <DD> 3. the condition of being venerated. Ex. Such veneration seems strange to the Western World. </DL> <A NAME="venerator"> venerator, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who venerates or reverences. </DL> <A NAME="venereal"> venereal, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. of or having to do with sexual desire or intercourse. Ex. venereal emotions and appetites. <DD> 2. transmitted by sexual intercourse. Ex. a venereal infection. <DD> 3. having to do with diseases transmitted by sexual intercourse. Ex. venereal bacteria. <DD> 4. infected with syphilis, gonorrhea, or other venereal disease. Ex. venereal patients. <DD> 5. used in the treatment of venereal disease. Ex. a venereal medicine. adv. venereally. </DL> <A NAME="venerealdisease"> venereal disease,<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various sexually transmitted diseases, especially syphilis or gonorrhea, that are mainly spread through sexual intercourse; social disease. (Abbr:) VD </DL> <A NAME="venerean"> venerean, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. inclined to the service of Venus or to sexual desire. Ex. For certain I am venerean in feeling (Chaucer). <DD> 2. amorous; wanton. Ex. There's nothing wrong with Sir Thomas Urquhart's "venerean ecstasy" (Anthony Burgess). <DD> 3. of the planet Venus; Venusian. </DL> <A NAME="venereologist"> venereologist, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who treats or studies venereal diseases. </DL> <A NAME="venereology"> venereology, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the branch of medicine dealing with venereal diseases. </DL> <A NAME="venerer"> venerer, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) a huntsman. </DL> <A NAME="venery"> venery (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the practice or pursuit of sexual pleasure; gratification of sexual desire. </DL> <A NAME="venery"> venery (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) the practice or sport of hunting; the chase. </DL> <A NAME="venesection"> venesection, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the opening of a vein to let blood; phlebotomy. Ex. Venesection was practiced by barbers in the Middle Ages. <DL COMPACT><DD> Also, venisection. </DL> </DL> <A NAME="veneti"> Veneti, noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> an ancient people of northeastern Italy who spoke Venetic. </DL> <A NAME="venetian"> Venetian, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. of or having to do with Venice, a city on the northeastern coast of Italy, or its people. <DD>noun 1. a person born or living in Venice. <DD> 2. Also, venetian. (Informal.) a Venetian blind. <DD> 3. a closely woven, twilled woolen fabric, used especially for dresses, suits, and coats. expr. Venetians, a heavy tape or braid used especially on Venetian blinds. </DL> <A HREF="venetic.dic">NEXT</A>