v. t.
The coachman's hand was viced between his upper and lower thigh. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F., from L. vitium. ]
Withouten vice of syllable or letter. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
Mark the vice of the procedure. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]
I do confess the vices of my blood. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Ungoverned appetite . . . a brutish vice. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway,
The post of honor is a private station. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ This character was grotesquely dressed in a cap with ass's ears, and was armed with a dagger of lath: one of his chief employments was to make sport with the Devil, leaping on his back, and belaboring him with the dagger of lath till he made him roar. The Devil, however, always carried him off in the end. Nares. [ 1913 Webster ]
How like you the Vice in the play?
. . . I would not give a rush for a Vice that has not a wooden dagger to snap at everybody. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. vice-. See Vice, prep. ] Denoting one who in certain cases may assume the office or duties of a superior; designating an officer or an office that is second in rank or authority;
Vice admiral. [ Cf. F. vice-amiral. ]
Vice admiralty,
Vice-admiralty court,
Vice chamberlain,
Vice chancellor.
Vice consul [ cf. F. vice-consul ],
Vice king,
Vice legate [ cf. F. vice-légat ],
Vice presidency,
Vice president [ cf. F. vice-président ],
‖prep. [ L., abl. of vicis change, turn. See Vicarious. ] In the place of; in the stead;
n. [ See Vise. ]
a. Vicious; corrupt. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The office of a vicegerent. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. An officer who is deputed by a superior, or by proper authority, to exercise the powers of another; a lieutenant; a vicar. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
The symbol and vicegerent of the Deity. C. A. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Vice, a. + gerent: cf. F. vice-gérant. ] Having or exercising delegated power; acting by substitution, or in the place of another. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;