Emily Dickinson Lexicon

vicissitude, n. [OFr and Fr. < L. vicis, turn, change.] (webplay: summer).

Revolution; transition; modulation; transformation; turn of the seasons; rotation of the earth; changes caused by the passage of time; [fig.] instability; variance; fluctuation; mutability.

victim, n. [L. victima.] (webplay: fallen).

Person who suffers through oppressive treatment; creature offered as a sacrifice to a deity.

victor (-s), n. [AFr or L. < L. vincěre, to overcome, conquer.] (webplay: battle, conquers, defeats, friends, gains, overcome, say, superior, triumphantly, wreaths).

Hero; conqueror; master; lord; leader who wins a battle; [fig.] immortal being; resurrected person; one who overcomes death.

victorious, adj. [AFr or L. < L. victōria; see victory, n.] (webplay: die, vanquisher).

Triumphant; exultant; jubilant; pertaining to celebration; [fig.] joyful; glorious; resurrection; pertaining to the conquest over death.

victory, n. [AFr and OFr < L.; see victor, n.] (webplay: arms, battle, competition, day, defeats, die, differs, difficulties, enemy, followed, gains, God, grace, honorable, inferior, love, master, nations, prove, say, shameful, speak, strive, superior, supposes, triumphantly, vanquish, world).

1. Conquest; triumph; subjugation; ability to overpower.
2. Winning of a battle; triumph over an enemy; [fig.] new life; symbol of eternal renewal; (see Isaiah 25:8).
3. Honor; glory; renown; [fig.] eternal fame; everlasting reward.

vidi, v. [L. 'I saw', 'I looked'; see veni, v.]

Phrase. “Veni, vidi, vici!”: I came, I looked, I conquered; Caesar's boast to the Roman senate about his victory in Gaul.

view (-s), n. [AFr or OFr veue, to see.] (webplay: all, dazzled, held, just, knew, look, man, show, sight, swift, took, up).

1. Sight; eyeshot; ability to be seen.
2. Scene; perspective.

view (-ed), v. [Fr. avuer, á to + vue, to follow with the eye, view, sight, see.] (webplay: air, case, charming, common, country, delight, eye, fair, fences, give, held, knew, landscape, mentioned, mistaken, nature, never, passed, perceive, prospect, pursued, remote, see, sight, sufficient, took, town, up, whole, winds).

1. Look; survey; gaze longingly; pay attention to for a sustained period of time; (Noah Webster's entry for VIEW, v. t. says “We ascended mount Holyoke, and viewed the charming landscape below. We viewed with delight the rich valleys of the Connecticut about the town of Northampton”).
2. See; regard; study; look at.

vigilance, n. [Fr. < L. vigil, awake.] (webplay: flowers, pass).

Guard; alertness; circumspection; wakefulness; watchfulness against danger.

vigorous, adj. [AFr and OFr < L. vigōr, liveliness, activity, force; < L. verb vigēre, to be lively, to thrive, flourish.] (webplay: body, force).

Strong; lively; powerful; impelling; energetic.