Middle English Dictionary Entry
vīsement n.
Entry Info
| Forms | vīsement n. Also visemente, visment. |
| Etymology | Shortened form of avīsement n.; also cp. OF visement. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Deliberation, prudence; consideration, reflection, thought; ?also, understanding [2nd quot.].
Associated quotations
- a1450(1414) Whanne alle a kyngdom (Dgb 102)93 : Wiþ wit and vysement all amende.
- c1450(c1400) Rev.Jul.Norwich (Add 37790)49/26 : I sawe god in a poynte…I behelde with vysemente, wittande and knawande in that syght that he dose alle that es done.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)170/24 : Þe ferst spanne muste be forthowȝt, in thynkyng of þi synnes be-forn, wyth a full vysement, to brynge hem to þi mynde.
- c1500 The shype ax (Ashm 61)25 : Thou arte a fole in þat case, For þou spekys without vysment.