viduité, n.f., widowhood.
vidure, n.f., emptying, drawing; pinking.
vie, n.f., life, existence, days; morals, character; lifetime; livelihood, living; food, subsistence; way of living, course of life; vitality; spirit, animation. Rendre la — à quelqu’un; to restore life to any one. Rendre la — dure à quel-qu’un; to make any one miserable; to make life a burden to any one. Être en —; to be alive. Il y va de la —; it is a case of life and death. Demander la —; to beg for life. Je n’ai rien vu de pareil de ma —; I never saw anything like it in all my life. Gagner sa —; to get one’s livelihood. Mendier sa —; to beg one’s bread. Faire bonne —; to lead a merry life. Faire la —; to live fast; to racket. Faire — qui dure; to lead a sober life; (fig.) to husband one’s resources. Mener une — heureuse; to lead a happy life. Avoir la — dure; to have a hard time; to have nine lives. Train de —; way of living. Tourmenter sa —; to bestir one’s self. Faire — de garçon; to live like a bachelor. Mener une — réglée; to lead a regular life. C’est ma —; it is my very life. Telle —, telle fin; people die as they live. Il a écrit lui-même sa —; he has written his own life. À la — et à la mort; in life and death. Une pension à —; a pension for life. Sa — durant; during his life. Prodiguer sa —; to throw away one’s life, to expose one’s self to danger. S’ôter la —; to make way with one’s self.
viédase, n.m., (l.ex.) (pers.) puppy, jackanapes.
*vieil, adj. V. vieux.
*vieillard, n.m., old man.
*vieille, adj. V. vieux.
*vieille, n.f., old woman.
*vieillement, adv., in an old way, or manner.
*vieillerie, n.f., old things; old clothes, old goods, old stuff, old lumber, rubbish.