vis
noun
strength; force; power.
vis
1 American
[wees, vis]
/ wis, vɪs /
noun
Latin.
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vires
plural
vis.
2
American
abbreviation
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visibility.
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visual.
Vis.
3
American
abbreviation
-
Viscount.
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Viscountess.
Vis.
1
British
abbreviation
vis
2
British
/ vɪs /
noun
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This eventually went somewhere—a discussion of the threat war presents to Europe, which was probably the opening topic because it underlines his gravitas vis a vis his predecessor.
From Slate ● Mar. 8, 2024
A trio of cross-party lawmakers last month called for rules regulating such rentals to be tightened and for an end to the more favourable tax treatment such rentals receive vis a vis normal long-term rentals.
From Reuters ● Jun. 9, 2023
Praising Beijing for easing tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran, she said that “its influence vis à vis Russia will have consequences for the whole of Europe and for our relationship with China.”
From Washington Times ● Apr. 16, 2023
"I think the critics are looking backwards to a gloried past, and fail to see the strategic picture vis a vis China and technology in a really disappointing way," he says.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2023
“Only because Shakespeare said it first. Moving on. How are you dauntless scribes doing on your special assignment? The ‘Quo quid vis fieri?’ project?”
From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein
Clum arrived with a novel idea, vis., that the Apaches are human.
From Time Magazine Archive
“And in the expenses of the steward at the court this year and at other times vis. viiid.”
From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Eileen Power
The English reader is perhaps unaware that every Bengal landowner is required to pay revenue to Government four times a year, vis., on the 28th January, March, June and September.
From Tales of Bengal by S. B. Banerjea
Reward to the Baily of the Husbandry, vis. viijd.
From A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide by Arthur C. Behrend
One department of Egyptian medicine reached a high stage of development, vis., hygiene.
From The Evolution of Modern Medicine A Series of Lectures Delivered at Yale University on the Silliman Foundation in April, 1913 by William Osler
Hermas begins to deliver the message of Vis. i.-iv., as bidden.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
This interview appears in our MSS. as Vis. v.,2 but is really a prelude to the Mandates and Similitudes which form the bulk of the whole work, hence known as “The Shepherd.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
Vis., as of his own fund, or by his own strength.
From The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 52: Romans The Challoner Revision by
The flowers of another species, A. hispida, Burm., called bugos in Tag. and Vis., is used in India for the dysentery.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Jerome Beers Thomas
If we meet in October we will travel in my Vis. and can have a cage for the children and a cart for the Nurse.
From The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 by Rowland Edmund Prothero, Baron Ernle
"The process that was adopted in relation to the flag was plainly incorrect, ultra vires and clearly cannot be sustained in law," counsel said.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2025
More broadly, Kempf said, the bills would pose risks to schools and educators in the form of potential ultra vires claims, which enable citizens to sue public officials who violate state laws.
From Salon ● Jan. 10, 2023
Having been burned so badly for her participation in post-9/11 interrogations, she is likely to be on her guard against future orders to act ultra vires.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2018
The idea here is that if a corporation is behaving in a fashion that is deemed ultra vires, or exceeding its legal authority, the state must investigate.
From Slate ● Feb. 15, 2017
Well might the Chronicler observe, as the result, "novas secta illa in dies acquirebat vires."
From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One by Thomas Frognall Dibdin
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