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vise

or vice

[ vahys ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

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.

, vised, vis·ing.

visé

[ vee-zey, vee-zey ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

, vi·séed, vi·sé·ing.

vise

/ vaɪs /

Origin of vise¹

1300–50; Middle English vis < Old French: screw < Latin vītis vine (whose spiral form gave later sense)

Origin of vise²

< French, past participle of viser to inspect, check; visa

In the course of to-day my passport was “visé” five times, making once in every little town through which we had passed.

He carried that indefinable passport which society recognizes and which needs no visé.

I first called upon the American minister, and my passport—made out in Washington—was visé for Paris.

On the back he endorsed that it had been torn by accident, and then gave it the proper visé, affixing the stamps.

Dalroy was able to note the name on a small board affixed to the side of the vehicle: “Henri Joos, miller, Visé.”

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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