VISIONS
Noun
visions
plural of vision
Verb
visions
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of vision
Anagrams
• Voisins
Source: Wiktionary
VISION
Vi"sion, n. Etym: [OE. visioun, F. vision, fr. L. visio, from videre,
visum, to see: akin to Gr. wit. See Wit, v., and cf. Advice,
Clairvoyant, Envy, Evident, Provide, Revise, Survey, View, Visage,
Visit.]
1. The act of seeing external objects; actual sight.
Faith here is turned into vision there. Hammond.
2. (Physiol.)
Definition: The faculty of seeing; sight; one of the five senses, by which
colors and the physical qualities of external objects are appreciated
as a result of the stimulating action of light on the sensitive
retina, an expansion of the optic nerve.
3. That which is seen; an object of sight. Shak.
4. Especially, that which is seen otherwise than by the ordinary
sight, or the rational eye; a supernatural, prophetic, or imaginary
sight; an apparition; a phantom; a specter; as, the visions of
Isaiah.
The baseless fabric of this vision. Shak.
No dreams, but visions strange. Sir P. Sidney.
5. Hence, something unreal or imaginary; a creation of fancy. Locke.
Arc of vision (Astron.), the arc which measures the least distance
from the sun at which, when the sun is below the horizon, a star or
planet emerging from his rays becomes visible.
– Beatific vision (Theol.), the immediate sight of God in heaven.
– Direct vision (Opt.), vision when the image of the object falls
directly on the yellow spot (see under Yellow); also, vision by means
of rays which are not deviated from their original direction.
– Field of vision, field of view. See under Field.
– Indirect vision (Opt.), vision when the rays of light from an
object fall upon the peripheral parts of the retina.
– Reflected vision, or Refracted vision, vision by rays reflected
from mirrors, or refracted by lenses or prisms, respectively.
– Vision purple. (Physiol.) See Visual purple, under Visual.
Vi"sion, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Visioned; p. pr. & vb. n. Visioning.]
Definition: To see in a vision; to dream.
For them no visioned terrors daunt, Their nights no fancied specters
haunt. Sir W. Scott.
VISION
Vi"sion, n. Etym: [OE. visioun, F. vision, fr. L. visio, from videre,
visum, to see: akin to Gr. wit. See Wit, v., and cf. Advice,
Clairvoyant, Envy, Evident, Provide, Revise, Survey, View, Visage,
Visit.]
1. The act of seeing external objects; actual sight.
Faith here is turned into vision there. Hammond.
2. (Physiol.)
Definition: The faculty of seeing; sight; one of the five senses, by which
colors and the physical qualities of external objects are appreciated
as a result of the stimulating action of light on the sensitive
retina, an expansion of the optic nerve.
3. That which is seen; an object of sight. Shak.
4. Especially, that which is seen otherwise than by the ordinary
sight, or the rational eye; a supernatural, prophetic, or imaginary
sight; an apparition; a phantom; a specter; as, the visions of
Isaiah.
The baseless fabric of this vision. Shak.
No dreams, but visions strange. Sir P. Sidney.
5. Hence, something unreal or imaginary; a creation of fancy. Locke.
Arc of vision (Astron.), the arc which measures the least distance
from the sun at which, when the sun is below the horizon, a star or
planet emerging from his rays becomes visible.
– Beatific vision (Theol.), the immediate sight of God in heaven.
– Direct vision (Opt.), vision when the image of the object falls
directly on the yellow spot (see under Yellow); also, vision by means
of rays which are not deviated from their original direction.
– Field of vision, field of view. See under Field.
– Indirect vision (Opt.), vision when the rays of light from an
object fall upon the peripheral parts of the retina.
– Reflected vision, or Refracted vision, vision by rays reflected
from mirrors, or refracted by lenses or prisms, respectively.
– Vision purple. (Physiol.) See Visual purple, under Visual.
Vi"sion, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Visioned; p. pr. & vb. n. Visioning.]
Definition: To see in a vision; to dream.
For them no visioned terrors daunt, Their nights no fancied specters
haunt. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition