avision

English

Etymology

From Middle English avisioun, from Old French avision.

Noun

avision (plural avisions)

1. (obsolete) A vision.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “Tercium”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XV:
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     And whanne this old man had sayd thus he came to one of tho knyghtes and sayd I haue lost alle that I haue sette in the / For thou hast rulyd the ageynste me as a warryour and vsed wrong werres with vayne glory […] / therfor thow shalt be confounded withoute thow yelde me my tresour / Alle this aduysyon sawe sir Launcelot at the Crosse

References

• “avision”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “avision”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, revised edition, volumes I (A–C), New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

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Middle English

Noun

avision

1. Alternative form of avisioun

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Old French

Noun

avision oblique singular, f (oblique plural avisions, nominative singular avision, nominative plural avisions)

1. vision (religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance)