Lexicon: village – virtue

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village, adj. [see village, n.]

Hometown; rural; congregational; country church; [fig.] funeral.

village (-s), n. [OFr < L. villa, country-house, farm; < L. vīcus, village, hamlet, country-seat.] (webplay: called, convenient, exists, houses, laboring, people, services, small).

Small town; little community; tiny cluster of homes and businesses.

vindicate, v. [L. 'to claim, set free, punish' < L. vis force + dic- to say.] (webplay: act, arms, claim, God).

Justify; maintain; defend; assert; claim as one's own rightful property.

vine, n. [OFr < L. vīnea, vineyard, vine; vīn-um, wine.] (webplay: wines).

Source; plant bearing grapes.

vineyard, n. [vine, n. + yard, n. < OE winyeard.]

Sphere of labor; plantation where vines bearing grapes are cultivated;

violate, v. [L. violāre, to treat with violence, to outrage, dishonor, injure.]

Break; ravish; profane; do violence to; treat with irreverence.

violet, adj. [OFr villet; see violet (-s), n.]

Bluish-purple.

violet (-s), n. [OFr < L. viola, violet.] (webplay: flower, many).

Small bluish-purple flower; blooming plant from the genus Viola.

violin, n. [It. < AFr and OFr vielle.] (webplay: little, long, musical).

virtue, n. [AFr and OFr < L. virtus, manliness, valour, worth; < vir, man.] (webplay: divine, great, makes, presence, visible).