† visementn.
Obsolete.
Consideration, deliberation, reflection, thought.
ΘΠ
the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > [noun]
i-mindOE
studyinglOE
mindc1300
bethinking1340
poring1340
regard1348
weighingc1380
contemplationc1390
advisementa1393
deliberationa1393
advicec1405
reckoninga1413
visement?1414
considerancec1420
advisenessc1425
revolutionc1425
rewardc1432
mind-takingc1449
umbethinkingc1450
advisednessc1475
considering1483
beholding1530
meditationa1535
pondering1535
cogitation?1542
expending1545
ponderation1556
perpending1558
well weighing1566
surview1576
reflex1593
revolve1595
lucubration1596
agitation1600
perpension1612
vizamenta1616
pensitation1623
perpensation1623
perpendment1667
ruminating1668
commentationa1670
revolving1670
reflectiona1674
introspectiona1676
propendencya1676
ponderment1728
chawing1845
?1414 26 Pol. Poems (1904) 58 Wiþ wit and vysement all amende. Lete werk be witnes ȝe can ȝoure Crede.
c1425 Wyntoun Cron. v. v. 988 He askyt thre dayis to wisment.
c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 170 Þe ferst spanne muste be forthowȝt in thynkyng of þi synnes be-forn, wyth a full vysement, to brynge hem to þi mynde.
c1500 Debate Carpenter's Tools in Rev. Eng. Stud. (1987) 38 456 Thou arte a fole in þat case, For þou spekys without vysment.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 353 And syne agane to him so said this king, Without lang vysment in so grit ane thing.
a1568 Be Gratious Ground 85 in Bannatyne MS. (Hunterian Club) 242 With vertewous vysement counsall gude reasoun.
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