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vise

Audio Help [vahys] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, vised, vis·ing.

–noun

1.	any of various devices, usually having two jaws that may be brought together or separated by means of a screw, lever, or the like, used to hold an object firmly while work is being done on it.

–verb (used with object)

2.	to hold, press, or squeeze with or as with a vise.

Also, vice.

[Origin: 1300–50; ME vis < OF: screw < L vītis vine (whose spiral form gave later sense)

]

—Related forms

viselike, adjective

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vi·sé

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–noun, verb (used with object), vi·séed, vi·sé·ing.

visa.

[Origin: < F, ptp. of viser to inspect, check; see visa

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vise also vice Audio Help   (vīs) Pronunciation Key
n.   A clamping device, usually consisting of two jaws closed or opened by a screw or lever, used in carpentry or metalworking to hold a piece in position.

tr.v.   vised also viced, vis·ing also vic·ing, vis·es also vic·es
To hold or compress in or as if in a vise.

[Middle English vis, screwlike device, from Old French, screw, from Latin vītis, vine (from its spiral wrappings); see wei- in Indo-European roots.]

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vise

c.1300, "device like a screw or winch for bending a crossbow or catapult," from O.Fr. vis, viz "screw," from L. vitis "vine, tendril of a vine," lit. "that which winds," from base of viere "to bind, twist" (see withy). The meaning "clamping tool with two jaws closed by a screw" is first recorded 1500.

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