† visableadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Able to plan or act wisely.
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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > prudence, discretion > [adjective]
warec888
wiseOE
adviseda1325
witty1340
prudenta1382
thoughtfula1400
wisea1400
well-advisedc1405
visablea1450
canny1581
judicious1598
serious-minded1694
expedient1828
far-seeing1837
a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Merlin (1913) II. l. 9544 [They] seiden he was a worthy knyht, Vayllaunt & vysable jn every fyht.
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adj.a1450- to give the shirt off one's back
- to give the shits
- to give the shoot
- to give the show away
- to give the sick
- to give the silent treatment
- to give the slip
- to give the snap away
- to give the stem
- to give the stink eye
- to give the stoop
- to give the time of day
- to give the time of day to
- to give the venture
- to give the verbal
- to give the verbals
- to give the way
- to give the willies
- to give the wire
- to give the wite
- to give the wite of
- to give the word
- to give the works
- to give the worst
- to give the worst of it