Emily Dickinson Lexicon

VICE-ADMI-RAL-TY, n.

The office of a vice-admiralty, a vice-admiralty court.

VICE-AGENT, n. [vice and agent.]

One who acts in the place of another. Hooker.

VICE-CHAM-BER-LAIN, n.

An officer in court, next in command to the lord chamberlain. England.

VICE-CHAN-CEL-LOR, n.

An officer in a university in England, a distinguished member, who is annually elected to manage the affairs in the absence of the chancellor. Cyc.

VICE-CONSUL, n.

One who acts in the place of a consul.

VI'CED, a.

Vinous; corrupt. [Not in use.] Shak.

VICE-DOGE, a.

A counselor at Venice, who represents the doge when sick or absent. Cyc.

VICE-GE'REN-CY, n. [See Vicegerent.]

The office of a vicegerent; agency under another; deputed power; lieutenancy. South.

VICE-GE'RENT, a.

Having or exercising delegated power; acting by substitution, or in the place of another. Milton.

VICE-GE'RENT, n. [L. vicem germs, acting in the place of another.]

A lieutenant; a vicar; an officer who is deputed by a superior or by proper authority to exercise the powers of masher. Kings are sometimes called God's vicegerents. It is to be wished they would always deserve the appellation.

VICE-LEG'ATE, n.

An officer employed by the pope to perform the office of spiritual and temporal governor in certain cities, when there is no legate or cardinal to command there. Cyc.

VIC'E-NA-RY, a. [L. vicenarius.]

Belonging to twenty.

VICE-PRES'I-DEN-CY, n.

The office of vice-president. Story.

VICE-PRES'I-DENT, n.

s as z. An officer next in rank below a president. United States.

VICE-RE'GAL, a.

Being in the place of a king. Kirby.

VICE-RE'GAL, a.

Pertaining to a viceroy, or viceroyalty.

VICE-ROY, n. [Fr. viccroi.]

The governor of a kingdom or country, who rules in the name of the king with regal authority, as the king's substitute. Swift.

VICE-ROY'AL-TY, n.

The dignity, office or jurisdictional a viceroy.

VICE-ROY-SHIP, n.

The dignity, office or jurisdiction of a viceroy.

VICE-SUP-PRESS'ING, a.

Adapted to suppress vice.

VICE-TY, n.

Nicety; exactness. B. Jonson. [Not in use; probably a mistake.]

VICE-VERSA, [L.]

The terms or the case being reversed.

VICIATE, v.t. [L. vitio. This verb is usually written vitiate; but as vice, from L. vitium, is established, it would be well to write the verb viciate, as we write appreciate and depreciate, from L. pretium.]

1. To injure the substance or properties of a thing so as to impair its value, and lessen or destroy its use; to make less pure, or wholly impure; to deprave, in a physical or moral sense; as, to vitiate the blood; to viciate taste or style; to vitiate morals.
2. To render defective and thus destroy the validity of; to invalidate by defect; as, to viciate a deed or bond.

VICIA-TED, pp.

Depraved; impaired in substance or quality; rendered defective and void.

VI'CIA-TING, ppr.

Injuring in substance or properties; rendering defective making void.