vise
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[edit] English
[edit] Alternative spellings
- vice (Commonwealth English)
[edit] Etymology
From French vis (“‘screw, winding stairs’”), from Old French vis, viz, from Latin vitis (“‘vine’”); probably akin to English withy.
[edit] Noun
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vise (plural vises)
- (US) An instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing.
[edit] Translations
[edit] References
- vise in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
[edit] Anagrams
- Anagrams of eisv
- vies
[edit] Danish
[edit] Adjective
vise
[edit] Etymology
[edit] Noun
vise c. (singular definite visen, plural indefinite viser)
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[edit] Verb
vise (imperative vis, infinitive at vise, present tense viser, past tense viste, past participle har vist)
- to show
[edit] French
[edit] Verb
vise
- First-person singular present indicative of viser.
- Third-person singular present indicative of viser.
- First-person singular present subjunctive of viser.
- Third-person singular present subjunctive of viser.
- Second-person singular imperative of viser.
[edit] Anagrams
[edit] Galician
[edit] Verb
vise
- first-person singular preterite subjunctive of ver.
- third-person singular preterite subjunctive of ver.
[edit] Norwegian
[edit] Etymology 1
Inflected form of vis.
[edit] Adjective
vise
- Plural form of vis.
[edit] Etymology 2
From Old Norse vísa (“‘a manner of singing’”), related to Old Norse vis.
[edit] Noun
vise m. and f. (definite singular visa/visen; indefinite plural viser; definite plural visene)
- Lyrical or epic poem with plain content and plain melody.
- En strofisk dikt med strofisk melodi såväl litterärt som musikalisk oftast präglad av en viss enkelhet i stilen. Bengt R. Jonsson (Swedish)
- A stanzaic poem with a stanzaic melody both literary and musically ususally characterized by to some degree a simplicity of style.
[edit] Usage notes
The Scandinavian term vise is less comprehensive than the English song (Norwegian sang), the German Lied or the French chanson. The term sang is often citing a collective whereas the vise more commonly refers to an I.
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[edit] Verb
vise (present tense viser; past tense viste; past participle vist; present participle visende; imperative vis)
- to show
- to send someone on their way
- vise noen til en dyktig lege
- send someone to a proficient physician
- vise bort
- turn away
[edit] References
- “vise” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.
[edit] Romanian
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
vise n. pl.