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单词 visional
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visionaladj.

Brit. /ˈvɪʒn̩l/, U.S. /ˈvɪʒ(ə)n(ə)l/
Etymology: < vision n. + -al suffix1.
1. Connected or concerned with, relating to, based upon, a vision or visions.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > optical illusion > [adjective] > vision or apparition
walking?1550
visional1588
visionary1648
spectrological1802
eidolic1881
society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > inspiration or revelation > vision > [adjective]
visional1588
visionarya1701
visionic1857
1588 J. Harvey Discoursiue Probl. conc. Prophesies 35 Is not true and pure diuinitie according to the diuision of some learned, and reuerant autors, either Expositiue, and Interpretatiue: or else Visionall, and Propheticall?
1644 C. Jessop Angel Church of Ephesus 8 In visionall speeches Daniel..saith to Nebuchadnezzar [etc.].
1668 Earl of Clarendon Contempl. Psalms in Tracts (1727) 574 That this Psalm was composed upon the visional deliberation of the defeat of that army.
1732 D. Waterland Scripture Vindicated iii. 53 And therefore this visional Interpretation appears to be preferable to the other.
1732 D. Waterland Scripture Vindicated iii. 78 So much in Favour of the visional Construction.
1908 J. Orr Resurrect. Jesus viii. 214 May it not at least be possible to show that the appearance of Jesus can be explained..either by subjective hallucinations, which is the older form of the visional theory, or [etc.]?
2. Of the nature of, seen or occurring in, forming part of, a vision; visionary, unreal.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > a vision > [adjective]
visional1647
visionary1648
phantasmical1678
phantasmal1805
visioned1817
phantasmic1825
1647 R. H. Touch-stone 2 There was no materiall house at all, nor any gate; unless he will make the visionall ladder the gate or house.
1681 J. Flavell Method of Grace xxii. 376 The teaching of God, and our hearing and learning of him is not to be understood of any extraordinary visional appearances.
1690 C. Ness Compl. Hist. & Myst. Old & New Test. I. 295 A real and corporal combat not visional or imaginary.
1708 Brit. Apollo 17–19 Mar. We cannot..suppose, that Visional Representations wou'd be exhibited to us under the Notion of Realities.
a1767 T. Boston Serm. (1850) 41 What sort of wrestling was it? and how could worm Jacob prevail over an uncreated angel? Some make it visional, and in a dream.
1828 G. S. Faber Sacred Cal. Prophecy II. iii. ii. 99 The interpreting angel..does not superfluously enter into any description of the visional conflict beheld by Daniel.
1858 H. Bushnell Nature & Supernatural ii. 41 Some apparition, or visional wonder.
3. Pertaining to sight; visual. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > [adjective]
perspective?a1475
optical1570
optic1600
visual1603
specular1656
speculative1656
visional1790
visionary1814
ocular1831
1790 By-stander 201 With an ardent brand Ulysses deprived him of his only visional organ.

Derivatives

ˈvisionally adv. as or in a vision.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > a vision > [adverb]
visionally1647
visionarily1677
visionlike1824
society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > inspiration or revelation > vision > [adverb]
visionally1647
1647 J. Trapp Comm. Epist. & Rev. (Rev. xi. 14) The second woe is past: Visionally past, not eventually.
1685 J. Jackson et al. Annot. Holy Bible II. sig. Nn3/2 The Spirit of God carrying him visionally, not corporally.
1708 Brit. Apollo 17–19 Mar. We esteem the whole as Really, and not Visionally perform'd.
1847 H. Miller Test. Rocks (1857) 169 The reason why the drama of creation has been optically described seems to be, that it was in reality visionally revealed.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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