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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.
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Also, vice.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English vis < Old French: screw < Latin vītis vine (whose spiral form gave later sense)
1300–50; Middle English vis < Old French: screw < Latin vītis vine (whose spiral form gave later sense)
Related forms
vise·like, adjective
Example Sentences
- The risk is that elephants will traverse from a non-surveyed to a surveyed area in the night and you miss them, or vise versa.
- One uninformed individual can ask more questions than dozen of vise men can answer.
- Anything on the left side of your body is processed in the right hemisphere, and vise versa.
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| vise (vaɪs) | |
| —n, —vb | |
| (US) a variant spelling of vice | |
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Word Origin & History
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"
EXPANDis first recorded 1500.
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