Meaning

noun a tube in which a body fluid circulates

noun a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War

noun the United States federal department responsible for the interests of military veterans; created in 1989

originBorrowed from Latin vās (“vessel”) around 1645 through 1655. Doublet of vase.

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