Webster's Dictionary 1828

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VISION

VI'SION, noun s as z. [Latin visio, from video, visus.]1. The act of seeing external objects; actual sight.Faith here is turned into vision there.2. The faculty of seeing; sight...

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VISIONAL

VI'SIONAL, adjective Pertaining to a vision.

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VISIONARY

VI'SIONARY, adjective1. Affected by phantoms; disposed to receive impressions on the imagination.Or lull to rest the visionary maid.2. Imaginary; existing in imagination only; n...

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VISIT

VIS'IT, verb transitive [Latin visito, viso, to go to see. We see the sense is to go, to move to.]1. To go or come to see; to attend. The physician visits his patient and prescr...

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VISITABLE

VIS'ITABLE, adjective Liable or subject to be visited. all hospitals built since the reformation are visitable by the king or lord chancellor.

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VISITANT

VIS'ITANT, noun One that goes or comes to see another; one who is a guest in the house of a friend.When the visitant comes again he is no more a stranger.

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VISITATION

VISITA'TION, noun [Latin visito.]1. The act of visiting.Nothing but peace and gentle visitation2. Object of visit.My early visitation and my last. [Unusual.]3. In law, the act o...

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VISITED

VIS'ITED, participle passive Waited on; attended; inspected; subjected to sufferings; favored with relief or mercy.

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VISITING

VIS'ITING, participle present tense1. Going or coming to see; attending on, as a physician; inspecting officially; afflicting; showing mercy to.2.adjective Authorized to visit a...

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VISITOR

VIS'ITOR, noun1. One who comes or goes to see another, as in civility or friendship.2. A superior or person authorized to visit a corporation or any institution, for the purpose...

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VISITORIAL

VISITO'RIAL, adjective [from visitor; written improperly visitatorial.]Belonging to a judicial visitor or superintendent.An archdeacon has visitorial power in parishes.

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VISIVE

VI'SIVE, adjective [from Latin visus.] Pertaining to the power of seeing; formed in the act of seeing. [Not in use.]VISNE, noun veen. [Latin vicinia.] Neighborhood. [See Venue.]

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VISNE

VISNE, noun [Latin vicinia.] In law, a neighborhood or near place; the place where an action is laid. In certain cases, the court has power to change the venue.The twelve men wh...

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VISNOMY

VIS'NOMY, noun [a barbarous contraction of physiognomy.] Face; countenance. [Not in use.]

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VISOR

VI'SOR, noun s as z. [Latin visus, video; written also visard, visar, vizard.]1. A head piece or mask used to disfigure and disguise.My weaker government since, makes you pull o...

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VISORED

VI'SORED, adjective Wearing a visor; masked; disguised.

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VISTA

VIS'TA, noun [Latin visus, video.] A view or prospect through an avenue, as between rows of trees; hence, the trees or other things that form the avenue.The finish'd garden to t...

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VISUAL

VIS'UAL, adjective s as z. [Latin visus.]Pertaining to sight; used in sight; serving as the instrument of seeing; as the visual nerve.The air, no where so clear, sharpen'd his v...

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VITAL

VI'TAL, adjective [Latin vitalis, from vita, life. This must be a contraction of victa, for vivo forms vixi, victus; Gr. contracted.]1. Pertaining to life, either animal or vege...

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VITALITY

VITAL'ITY, noun [from vital.]1. Power of subsisting in life; the principle of animation, or of life; as the vitality of vegetable seeds or of eggs.2. The act of living; animation.

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VITALIZE

VI'TALIZE, verb transitive To give life.

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VITALLY

VI'TALLY, adverb1. In such a manner as to give life.The organic structure of human bodies, by which they are fitted to live and move, and to be vitally informed by the soul, is ...

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VITALS

VI'TALS, nounplural1. Parts of animal bodies essential to life, such as the viscera.2. The part essential to life, or to a sound state. Corruption of manners preys upon the vita...

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VITELLARY

VIT'ELLARY, noun [Latin vitellus, the yolk of an egg.]The place where the yolk of an egg swims in the white. [Little used.]

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VITIATE

VI'TIATE, verb transitive [Latin vitio. See vice and Viciate.]1. To injure the substance or qualities of a thing, so as to impair or spoil its use and value. Thus we say, luxury...

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VITIATED

VI'TIATED, participle passive Depraved; rendered impure; rendered defective and void.

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VITIATING

VI'TIATING, participle present tense Depraving; rendering of no validity.