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visage |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Visage \Vis"age\ (?; 48), v. t. To face. [Obs.] --Chaucer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Visage \Vis"age\ (?; 48), n. [F. visage, from L. visus a seeing, a look fr videre visum, to see See {Vision}.] The face, countenance, or look of a person or an animal; -- chiefly applied to the human face. --Chaucer. ``A visage of demand.'' --Shak. His visage was so marred more than any man. --Isa. lii. 14. Love and beauty still that visage grace. --Waller. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: visage n 1: the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face') [syn: {countenance}, {physiognomy}, {kisser}, {smiler}, {mug}] 2: the appearance conveyed by a person's face; "a pleasant countenance"; "a stern visage" [syn: {countenance}]
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