‖n. [ F. ] A written stamp or document obtained by a citizen of one country from the proper authorities of another country, denoting that that person's passport has been examined, and that the person who bears the visa is permitted to enter or pass through the second country. It is usually in the form of an endorsement on the passport of the person seeking permission to enter a foreign country; however, in some cases a separate document is issued that does not create a mark in the passport. Same as Visé. [ 1913 Webster + PJC ]
v. t.
v. t. To face. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
His visage was so marred more than any man. Isa. lii. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]
Love and beauty still that visage grace. Waller. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having a visage. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A mask. See Visor. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To mask. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. Sp. Bisayo a Visayan. ] A member of the most numerous of the native races of the Philippines, occupying the Visayan Islands and the northern coast Mindanao; also, their language. The Visayans possessed a native culture and alphabet. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]