power, force, or strength
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vis
(wēs; Eng. vis),USA pronunciation n., pl. vi•res
(wē′rās; Eng. vī′rēz).USA pronunciation [Latin.]
Vis.,
- Foreign Termsstrength;
force;
power.
Vis.,
- British Terms, World HistoryViscount.
- British Terms, World HistoryViscountess.
- visibility.
- visual.
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-vis-, root.
- -vis- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "see.'' This meaning is found in such words as: advice, advisable, advise, invisible, provision, proviso, revise, revision, supervise, supervision, supervisor, supervisory, television, visa, visage, vis-a-vis, visibility, visible, vision, visit, visor, vista, visual, visualize.
'vis' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Clovis
- Davis Strait
- Jeff Davis pie
- Jefferson Davis's Birthday
- Pahlavi
- Vaisya
- Visigoth
- advice
- advise
- audiovisual
- black-a-vised
- church visible
- fish
- hi-vis
- myasthenia gravis
- peccavi
- q.v.
- tête-à-tête
- vice
- vim
- violate
- violent
- vires
- virile
- vis major
- vis-à-vis
- visage
- visceral
- visceral arch
- visceral cleft
- visceral groove
- visceral leishmaniasis
- viscid
- viscometer
- viscount
- viscountcy
- viscous
- vise
- visible
- visible horizon
- visible spectrum
- visible speech
- vision
- visitation
- visiting card
- visiting fireman
- visiting nurse
- visiting professor
- visiting teacher
- visor