visagen.
/ˈvɪzɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈvɪzɪdʒ/ 1. † b. in one's (or the) visage, in or to one's face.
a. The face, the front part of the head, of a person (rarely of an animal).
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > [noun]
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nebeOE
onseneeOE
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anlethOE
nebshaftc1225
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semblantc1315
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front1398
fashiona1400
visurec1400
physiognomyc1425
groina1500
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favour1525
facies1565
visor1575
complexiona1616
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mug1708
mazard1725
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dial plate1811
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Chevy Chase1859
mooey1859
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chivvy1889
clock1899
map1899
mush1902
pan1920
kisser1938
boat1958
boat race1958
punim1965
1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 5887 He hydde hys vysege al þat he myȝt, Out of knowlych of here syȝt.
c1340 Nominale (Skeat) 14 Forhede, visage, and browes.
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 1162 Þe bond þat is fysage was bounde wyþ.
a1400 Coer de L. 827 Sche gahchyd herself in the vysage.
c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 141 To treten of anotamie of þe visage.
a1450 Mirk's Festial 141 Then had þis Vaspasyan..a maledy yn hys vysage.
1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) ix. 230 They scratched theyr vysages & pulled theyr heeres.
1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 296 He was sore hurt in the bodye and in the visage.
1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 143 Vpon the next occasion that we meete, With Visages displayde to talke and greete. View more context for this quotation
1632 J. Pory in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. III. 272 One out of the house dischardged haile shot upon Mr. Atturnies sonnes face, which..pitifully mangled his visage.
1653 W. Ramesey Astrologia Restaurata 297 Rubbing their feet about their visage and head, whence the vulgar usually say at such times, the cat washeth her face.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis ix, in tr. Virgil Wks. 494 Scalp, Face, and Shoulders, the keen Steel divides; And the shar'd Visage hangs on equal sides.
1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. ii. 331 Shrunk in abject Fears, From his vile Visage [he] wip'd the scalding Tears.
1784 J. Douglas Cook's Voy. Pacific II. iv. i. 273 Sometimes the orator of the canoe would have his face covered with a mask, representing either a human visage, or that of some animal.
1797 W. Godwin Enquirer i. xii. 108 There are no wrinkles in his visage.
1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain I. vi. 114 The sun burnt my visage, but I heeded it not.
1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre II. xi. 296 The maniac bellowed: she parted her shaggy locks from her visage.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. v. 41 The ruddy fire-light..lending animation to the visages sketched upon them [sc. the walls] with charcoal.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > place > presence > present [phrase] > in or into a person's presence
in (also into, intil, to) present?c1225
in one's (or the) visage1430
under a person's nosea1450
in the face of1482
in the wing of1579
before one's nosec1604
to one's nosea1616
1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) v. x. 120 b On a day, the story telleth us, With Affricans and folkes of Chartage, Siphax the Romaines met in the visage.
1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur i. xi. 61 But euer the xj Kynges and their hooste was euer in the vysage of Arthur.
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 18/2 That the moneye..he tooke and dyde with all his prouffyt, and [it] was prevyd in his vysage that [etc.].
1521 Burgh Rec. Stirling (1887) 12 Frier Wynssent..protestit solemnitly in presens of the saidis ballies, and in the vesiagh [sic] of the haill court, that [etc.].
2. The face with reference to the form or proportions of the features.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > [noun] > with reference to form
featurea1375
visagea1400
favour1597
set of features1713
a1400 K. Alis. (Laud) 6425 Anoþer folk bisiden is, Wiþ brode visage, & pleyn, I wys.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 18858 O suilk a moder, wel slik a child, Wit fair wisage.
c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 109 A not heed hadde he, with a broun visage.
1422 J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. 228 Tho that haue grete visachys and fleschy bene dysposyd to concupyscence.
1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde i. xiv. 46 They be dyuerse in somme caas or of body or of membres..or of the visage.
1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 383 In wysage wes he sumdeill gray.
1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. aii* With vesage lufly and lang Body stalwart and strang.
c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xxiv. 71 I neuer sawe..soo fayre a creture in ye visage.
1550 J. Coke Deb. Heraldes Eng. & Fraunce sig. Avij Saynt Gregory..writeth..howe the vysages of Englande resemble more vnto Aungelles than earthly creatures.
1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 34v With a visage adulterated betwixt a mans and a Goates.
1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes ii. iv. 51 in Wks. II Shun. And such a perboil'd visage! Fit. His face lookes like a Diers apron, iust.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis ix, in tr. Virgil Wks. 490 Old Butes Form he took,..His wrinkled Visage, and his hoary Hairs.
1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 518. ⁋9 The intrinsick Worth..is ordinarily calculated from the Cast of his Visage, the Contour of his Person [etc.].
1769 E. Bancroft Ess. Nat. Hist. Guiana 133 The visage of this animal is erect, & pretty much resembles that of the Quato.
1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 5 Their faces are tolerably round, contrary to the visage of the others, which inclines much to flatness.
1819 W. Irving Rip Van Winkle in Sketch Bk. i. 74 Their visages, too, were peculiar: one had a large head, broad face, and small piggish eyes.
1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. iii. 57 A visage like mine, looking no fresher than an apple that has stood the winter.
1866 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighb. (1878) xxxii. 554 The form of her visage was altered.
3. † b. to make good visage, to appear cheerful or composed; to make oneself pleasant or agreeable to others. Obsolete.
a. The face or features as expressive of feeling or temperament; the countenance.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > face with expression or expression > [noun]
anlethOE
cheerc1225
countenancec1330
facec1330
visage1338
frontc1374
vult?a1400
maid facec1450
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facies1565
museau1816
shade1817
coupon1962
1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 308 Boldely þei bed bataile with visage fulle austere.
c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 307 Ȝif þei froþen bi irose fisege aȝen men þat tellen hem treuþe, noo drede þei froþen heere owen confusion.
c1400 Rom. Rose 7402 Of her estat she her repented, As her visage represented.
1448 King Henry VI Will in J. W. Clark Cambridge (1880) 158 As they wol answere before the blessed and dredeful visage of our Lord Jhesu in his..last dome.
a1500 Lancelot of laik 460 The king stondith heuy cherith, And to the clerkis his visag so apperith, That all thei dred them of the kingis myght.
c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxiv. 221 He was so ouercome with ire.., that his vysage became lyke a flame of fyer.
a1547 Earl of Surrey Poems (1964) 27 A visage stern and myld; where bothe did grow Vice to contemne, in vertue to rejoyce.
a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) II. 58 Mr. George..without stope of toung ansuering, nocht moveing his continance nor changing his vessage.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iii. i. 88 This outward sainted Deputie, Whose setled visage, and deliberate word Nips youth i'th head. View more context for this quotation
1652 C. B. Stapylton tr. Herodian Imperiall Hist. xix. 158 A mighty Bulke he had and Visage grim.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 989 Him thus the Anarch old With faultring speech and visage incompos'd Answer'd. View more context for this quotation
1728 E. Young Love of Fame: Universal Passion (ed. 2) i. 219 Hence aching bosoms wear a visage gay.
1771 O. Goldsmith Haunch of Venison 109 A visage so sad, and so pale with affright, Wak'd Priam in drawing his curtains by night.
1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake iii. 101 His grisled beard and matted hair Obscured a visage of despair.
1834 Hogg Domest. Manners Sc. (1882) 31 He looked up to me with a visage as stern as that of a judge.
1860 J. L. Motley Hist. Netherlands (1868) I. i. 2 A plodding invalid..with..dreary visage.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > be courteous [verb (intransitive)] > be agreeable
to make good visagec1386
to make (rarely bear) fair weatherc1400
to do (also make, play) the agreeable1825
to suit a person's book1827
c1386 G. Chaucer Shipman's Tale 230 We may wel make cheer and good visage, And dryve forth the world, as it may be.
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 211 A king schal make good visage, That noman knowe of his corage.
a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 3 There be suche men that lyethe and makithe good visage and countenaunce to women afore hem, that scornithe and mockithe hem in her absence.
1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. xcix. [xcv.] 291 Than the duke and these two knyghtes rode along their batayle and made good vysage.
4. † b. The face or surface of the earth. Obsolete. rare.
a. transferred. The face or visible side of the sun or moon.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the universe > sun > [noun] > disc, face
visage1390
sun disc1850
the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > moon > [noun] > visible side of
visage1390
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 109 The Mones cercle so lowe is, Wherof the Sonne out of his stage Ne seth him noght with full visage.
a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Fox & Wolf l. 624 in Poems (1981) 28 Hesperous put of his cluddie hude, Schawand his lustie wisage in the sky.
a1513 W. Dunbar Ballat Abbot of Tungland in Poems (1998) I. 56 As ȝung Awrora..In orient schew hir visage paile.
1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream i. i. 210 To morrow night, when Phœbe doth beholde Her siluer visage, in the watry glasse. View more context for this quotation
1637 J. Milton Comus 12 And thou fair moon..Stoope thy pale visage through an amber cloud And disinherit Chaos.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 419 Earth and the Sea feed Air, the Air those Fires Ethereal, and as lowest first the Moon; Whence in her visage round those spots. View more context for this quotation
1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. IV. xxxix. 108 Sometimes she looks full upon us, and her visage is all lustre.
1847 W. Whewell Philos. Inductive Sci. (new ed.) I. 137 Aratus says of the moon,..As still her shifting visage changing turns By her we count the monthly round of morns.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > land > ground > [noun]
ground971
earthOE
fleta1000
foldOE
landOE
floor?a1400
soila1400
margin?a1425
yird1433
sulye1434
swardc1440
leaa1475
paithmentc1480
visagea1500
crust1555
mother earth1568
solum1829
carpet1918
deck1925
dutty1925
a1500 Lancelot of Laik (1870) 1374 He distroys by vengance of his suerd The synaris fra the vysagis of the Erde.
5. In various figurative uses. (Cf. 7.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > existence > reality or real existence or actuality > [noun] > a reality or a real thing or state of things
visagec1374
fact?1560
actuality1587
reality1613
real1615
realty1616
fact of lifea1806
ground truth1833
the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > constituent part or component > aspect of an abstract entity
visagec1374
sidea1393
respecta1398
facet1808
prong1859
parameter1927
dimension1929
c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde v. 899 Dowble wordes slye, Swich as men clepe, ‘a word with two visages’.
?1567 M. Parker Whole Psalter lxxx. 234 Visite thy vyne O Lorde..that it may be reuiued continually by the brighte visage of thy presence.
1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. iii. 47 Whereto serues mercy But to confront the visage of offence? View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) i. ii. 268 Beseech your Grace Be plainer with me, let me know my Trespas By it's owne visage . View more context for this quotation
1646 J. Hall Horæ Vacivæ 10 To propose his adversaries arguments with their edge blunted; nor..to set them out in more horrid visages then they truly carry.
1819 P. B. Shelley Lines Euganean Hills in Rosalind & Helen 77 The tattered pall of time, Which scarce hides thy [sc. Venice's] visage wan.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > representation > [noun] > a representation
form?c1225
figurea1340
likeness1340
print1340
nebshaftc1350
resemblancea1393
visagea1400
similitude?a1425
representationc1450
simulacre1483
representa1500
semblance1513
idea1531
image1531
similitudeness1547
type1559
living image1565
portrait1567
counter-figure1573
shadow1580
countershape1587
umbrage1604
medal1608
reflex1608
remonstrance1640
transcript1646
configurationa1676
phantom1690
facsimile1801
personation1851
featuring1864
zoomorph1883
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 1971 (MED) I made mon ofter myne awen visage.
a1400–50 Alexander (Dubl.) 3362 Who~someuer in þat ilke hys vysage [v.r. ymage] behaldes, Þe face is to þe foldward þe fete into þe welkyn.
1596 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent (rev. ed.) 438 This is the liuely visage in deede, both of the one and the other.
7. An appearance or aspect. †by the first visage, at first sight.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > sight of something > [adverb] > at (first) sight
at (the, as to the) first sightc1390
at prime facea1413
by the first visage1422
at a lookc1450
on (also upon) (the) view of1489
prima faciec1500
at one sight1508
at the first show of1549
at first gaze1577
prima fronte1622
on (also in) the face of ita1656
on the view1823
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [noun]
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shapeOE
ylikeOE
laitc1175
semblanta1225
sightc1275
fare1297
showingc1300
specea1325
parelc1330
guise1340
countenance1362
semblance?a1366
apparel1377
regardc1380
apparencec1384
imagec1384
spicec1384
overseeminga1398
kenninga1400
seemingc1400
visage1422
rinda1450
semenauntc1450
'pearance1456
outwardc1475
representation1489
favour?a1500
figurea1522
assemblant1523
prospect?1533
respect1535
visure1545
perceiverance1546
outwardshine1549
view1556
species1559
utter-shape1566
look1567
physiognomy1567
face1572
paintry1573
visor1575
mienc1586
superficies?1589
behaviour1590
aspect1594
complexion1597
confrontment1604
show1604
aira1616
beseeminga1616
formality1615
resemblancea1616
blush1620
upcomea1630
presentment1637
scheme1655
sensation1662
visibility1669
plumage1707
facies1727
remark1748
extrinsica1797
exterior1801
showance1820
the cut of one's jib1823
personnel1839
personal appearance1842
what-like1853
look-see1898
outwall1933
visuality1938
prosopon1947
1422 J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. 157 Ofte tymes verite hath a vysage of lesynge, and ofte tymes a lesynge hath a coloure of verite.
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 181 As be the first visage jt semys, yat he suld nouthir obey to the tane na to the tothir.
1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. x. sig. Eiv To here thinges merueilous and exquisite, whiche hath in it a visage of some thinges incredible.
1692 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 2) i. 103 The sad and melancholick Visage of their Leaves, Flowers and Fruit.
1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy I. 351 Noble serpentine..is generally of a dark leek green, and of an unctuous visage.
1905 Times Lit. Supp. 27 Jan. 28/3 Freeman..tries to reconstitute the visage of the towns Pippin..took and the towns he passed by.
a. An assumed appearance; an outward show; a pretence or semblance. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [noun]
hue971
glozea1300
showingc1300
coloura1325
illusionc1340
frontc1374
simulationc1380
visage1390
cheera1393
sign?a1425
countenance?c1425
study?c1430
cloak1526
false colour1531
visure1531
face1542
masquery?1544
show1547
gloss1548
glass1552
affectation1561
colourableness1571
fashion1571
personage?1571
ostentation1607
disguise1632
lustrementa1641
grimace1655
varnish1662
masquerade1674
guisea1677
whitewash1730
varnish1743
maya1789
vraisemblance1802
Japan1856
veneering1865
veneer1868
affectedness1873
candy coating1885
simulance1885
window dressing1903
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 227 Thing which men nevere afore knewe He broghte up thanne of his taillage, And all was under the visage Of werkes which he made tho.
1524 in State Papers Henry VIII (1849) VI. 280 Demonstracions and colorable dealinges..sounding more to a shewe and visage then to any parfite frute.
a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) iii. sig. N.ii They see him so many times make a great visage of warre, when he mindeth it not.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) i. i. 50 Others there are, who trimd in formes, And vissages of duty, keepe yet their hearts, Attending on themselues. View more context for this quotation
a1684 R. Leighton Pract. Comm. 1st Epist. Peter (1694) II. 136 Be not deceived, he is not mocked, he looks through all Visages and Appearances in upon the Heart.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > have (specific) appearance [verb (intransitive)] > make specific appearance
to make semblantc1230
showc1405
to make (a) countenance1470
countenance1486
to make semblancea1500
semble1542
to give a visage1549
to make resemblance1566
to set a countenance1600
figure1762
1549 E. Bonner Let. 16 Sept. in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1563) 718/1 Your tarieng with him still..shal geue a visage, that there doctrin is tollerable.
1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 717/1 Lest that they tarieng with such preachers should..gyue a vysage to the encoragement of other.
Compounds
visage-burner, visage-changed adj.
ΚΠ
1625 T. May tr. J. Barclay in K. Long tr. J. Barclay Argenis ii. viii. 88 As once in Tyre Pale, guilty, visage-chang'd Penthevs appear'd.
1824 J. Bowring & H. S. Van Dyk Batavian Anthol. 158 Beast—annoyer—visage-burner—Fair-one's spoiler—maiden's hate.
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† visagev.
Obsolete. rare.
1. transitive. To face or confront.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)] > confront
abidec1275
stand?1316
visagec1386
bidec1400
to stand to ——1562
affront1569
to look (a person, etc.) in the face1573
outface1574
front1582
to meet with1585
confront1594
propose1594
to stand up to1596
outfront1631
to stand forth to1631
head1682
meet1725
c1386 G. Chaucer Merchant's Tale 1029 Al hadde man seyn a thyng with bothe hise eyen, Yit shul we wommen visage it hardily, And wepe and swere and chide subtilly.
2. To look upon or at; to regard or observe.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > look at or behold
to look to ——eOE
showeOE
lookeOE
lookOE
behold971
beseec1000
seeOE
to see on ——OE
yseeOE
yseeOE
belookc1175
to look against ——c1225
to lay eyes onc1230
biwaita1250
holde1303
aseea1325
to see upon ——a1350
rewardc1350
to look of ——?c1400
eyea1425
visage1450
aviewa1513
gove1513
regard1523
to look unto ——1545
respect1567
survise1600
aspect1610
reflect1611
inspeculate1694
spectate1709
to look for ——1786
deek1825
lookit1908
lamp1916
1450 W. Wayte in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 47 My lord was with the Kynge and he vesaged so the mater þer þat all þe Kynges howsold was and is aferd ryght sore.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 765/2 This man hath vysaged me well sythe I came in a dores.
1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour ii. ii. sig. Oiv The theues..humbly approched to Scipio; who visaged them in suche fourme that they..made humble reuerence.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > meeting or assembling for common purpose > [noun]
meetingc1330
convention1490
visaginga1500
conventicle1589
conventinga1625
conjuncture1644
convening1659
congress1675
a1500 Gough Chron. in Six Town Chron. (1911) 159 The duke of Somersett and Sir John Nevyle knyght son of the Erle of Salisbury had grete visagyng to gidder at London.
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