[syn: countenance, visage]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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His visage was so marred more than any man. --Isa. lii.
14.
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Love and beauty still that visage grace. --Waller.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Visage \Vis"age\ (?; 48), v. t.
To face. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
visage
n 1: the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are
informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British) [syn:
countenance, physiognomy, phiz, visage, kisser,
smiler, mug]
2: the appearance conveyed by a person's face; "a pleasant
countenance"; "a stern visage" [syn: countenance, visage]