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Definition of Vicissetude
Vi*cis"si*tude (?), n. [L.
vicissitudo, fr. vicis change, turn: cf. F.
vicissitude. See Vicarious.]
1. Regular change or succession from one thing to
another; alternation; mutual succession; interchange.
God made two great lights . . .
To illuminate the earth and rule the day
In their vicissitude, and rule the night.
Milton.
2. Irregular change; revolution;
mutation.
This man had, after many vicissitudes of fortune,
sunk at last into abject and hopeless poverty.
Macaulay.
Vi*cis"si*tude (?), n. [L.
vicissitudo, fr. vicis change, turn: cf. F.
vicissitude. See Vicarious.]
1. Regular change or succession from one thing to
another; alternation; mutual succession; interchange.
God made two great lights . . .
To illuminate the earth and rule the day
In their vicissitude, and rule the night.
Milton.
2. Irregular change; revolution;
mutation.
This man had, after many vicissitudes of fortune,
sunk at last into abject and hopeless poverty.
Macaulay.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Regular change or succession from one thing to another, or one part of a cycle to the next; alternation; mutual succession; interchange.
- (often plural) a change, especially in one's life or fortunes.
The vicissitudes of war in Iraq cast a dreary backdrop for Donald Rumsfeld's first visit to Asian military allies since he became US Defense Secretary in 2001. "US redeployments afoot in Asia." Christian Science Monitor. 2003 Nov. 18. Pg. 6.
And God made.. the Stars, and set them in the firmament of Heaven to illuminate the Earth, and rule the day in their vicissitude... John Milton, Paradise Lost vii, 351
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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