| 释义 |
▪ I. ‖ viz., adv. and n.
Also 6 vz., 7 vizt.
[Abbrev. of videlicet. Cf. vidzt.
The z represents the ordinary med.L. symbol of contraction for et or -et. For the various forms in which the abbreviation occurs in med.L. manuscripts, see Chassant Dict. des Abréviations and Cappelli Dizionario di Abbreviature. In reading aloud usually rendered by ‘namely’.]
A. adv. = videlicet adv.
a1540J. London in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. iii. III. 132 Thyder resortyd suche as..hadde any slottiche wydowes lockes, viz. here growen to gether in a tufte. 1596Blagrave Uran. Astrolabe H 2 b, If the question..be of the night (vz. you shall finde it about 81/4 of clocke in the morning) and vnto that houre (vz. 81/4)..set the fiduciall line of the Planetary scale. 1642Rogers Naaman 28 The stupid King..mistakes the letter..and construes it to a sinister sense viz. that a quarrel was pickt with him. 1645in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. iii. IV. 250 His Matye had opportunity to effect his designe, vizt. the releife of Westchester. a1700in Cath. Rec. Soc. Publ. (1911) IX. 335 In the time of the first Lady-Abbesse of that house viz Dame Francis Gawen. 1728Swift Mullinix & Tim. Wks. 1755 III. ii. 213 Observe my counsel, (viz.) Adapt your habit to your phyz. 1788Cowper Let. Lady Hesketh 6 May, The ingenious contriver of it, viz. myself. 1841Barham Ingol. Leg. Ser. ii. Auto-da-fé 11, The vestment aforesaid, perhaps, from its hue, viz. yellow. 1861Paley Aeschylus (ed. 2), 7 agst. Thebes 740 note, To fall..on several devoted heads successively, viz. Laius, Oedipus, and his sons. 1896Baden-Powell Matabele Campaign xi, Took with me three of Plumer's men as escort, viz. Troopers Abrahamson, White, and Parkin.
B. n. = videlicet n. Also, a special clause in a deed introduced by viz.
17..Modern Reports VI. 228 marg., If a bond bear date at any place abroad, that place must be stated in the declaration, with a viz. at such a place in England. 1797M. Robinson Walsingham IV. 76 If I won't give you a viz and a settlement. 1805East Reports V. 253 The date which gave rise to such repugnancy was laid under a viz.
▪ II. † viz., v. Obs.—1
[For vis, abbrev. of visit v. Cf. vis v.]
intr. To pay a visit.
1767Gray Let. Mason Wks. (1884) III. 277 Tomorrow I go Vizzing to Gibside to see the new married Countess. |