Definition of vice

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Vice (n.) A gripe or grasp.

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Register :: Register (n.) To enter in a register; to record formally and distinctly, as for future use or service..
Volunteer :: Volunteer (a.) One who enters into, or offers for, any service of his own free will..
Jack :: "Jack (n.) A hood or other device placed over a chimney or vent pipe, to prevent a back draught..
Tyrant :: Tyrant (n.) Specifically, a monarch, or other ruler or master, who uses power to oppress his subjects; a person who exercises unlawful authority, or lawful authority in an unlawful manner; one who by taxation, injustice, or cruel punishment, or the demand of unreasonable services, imposes burdens and hardships on those under his control, which law and humanity do not authorize, or which the purposes of government do not require; a cruel master; an oppressor..
Viceroy :: Viceroy (prep.) A large and handsome American butterfly (Basilarchia, / Limenitis, archippus). Its wings are orange-red, with black lines along the nervures and a row of white spots along the outer margins. The larvae feed on willow, poplar, and apple trees..
Employ :: Employ (v. t.) To use; to have in service; to cause to be engaged in doing something; -- often followed by in, about, on, or upon, and sometimes by to; as: (a) To make use of, as an instrument, a means, a material, etc., for a specific purpose; to apply; as, to employ the pen in writing, bricks in building, words and phrases in speaking; to employ the mind; to employ one's energies..
Subpubic :: Subprior (n.) The vicegerent of a prior; a claustral officer who assists the prior.
Odious :: Odious (a.) Hateful; deserving or receiving hatred; as, an odious name, system, vice..
Vice :: Vice (n.) The buffoon of the old English moralities, or moral dramas, having the name sometimes of one vice, sometimes of another, or of Vice itself; -- called also Iniquity..
Cesser :: Cesser (v. i.) a neglect of a tenant to perform services, or make payment, for two years..
Diurnal :: Diurnal (a.) A small volume containing the daily service for the little hours, viz., prime, tierce, sext, nones, vespers, and compline..
Postal :: Postal (a.) Belonging to the post office or mail service; as, postal arrangements; postal authorities..
Persuade :: Persuade (v. t.) To influence or gain over by argument, advice, entreaty, expostulation, etc.; to draw or incline to a determination by presenting sufficient motives..
Preaching :: Preaching (n.) The act of delivering a religious discourse; the art of sermonizing; also, a sermon; a public religious discourse; serious, earnest advice..
Vice :: Vice (n.) A defect; a fault; an error; a blemish; an imperfection; as, the vices of a political constitution; the vices of a horse..
Party :: Party (v.) A part of a larger body of company; a detachment; especially (Mil.), a small body of troops dispatched on special service..
Vice :: Vice (n.) A tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods, for casements..
Averpenny :: Averpenny (n.) Money paid by a tenant in lieu of the service of average.
Venal :: Venal (a.) Capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration; made matter of trade or barter; held for sale; salable; mercenary; purchasable; hireling; as, venal services..
Hold :: Hold (v. t.) To prosecute, have, take, or join in, as something which is the result of united action; as to, hold a meeting, a festival, a session, etc.; hence, to direct and bring about officially; to conduct or preside at; as, the general held a council of war; a judge holds a court; a clergyman holds a service..
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