▪ I. ‖ viz., adv. and n.
Also 6 vz., 7 viz{supt}.
[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.
| a 1540 J. 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. 1596 Blagrave 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. 1642 Rogers Naaman 28 The stupid King..mistakes the letter..and construes it to a sinister sense viz. that a quarrel was pickt with him. 1645 in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. iii. IV. 250 His Matye had opportunity to effect his designe, viz{supt}. the releife of Westchester. a 1700 in Cath. Rec. Soc. Publ. (1911) IX. 335 In the time of the first Lady-Abbesse of that house viz Dame Francis Gawen. 1728 Swift Mullinix & Tim. Wks. 1755 III. ii. 213 Observe my counsel, (viz.) Adapt your habit to your phyz. 1788 Cowper Let. Lady Hesketh 6 May, The ingenious contriver of it, viz. myself. 1841 Barham Ingol. Leg. Ser. ii. Auto-da-fé 11, The vestment aforesaid, perhaps, from its hue, viz. yellow. 1861 Paley Aeschylus (ed. 2), 7 agst. Thebes 740 note, To fall..on several devoted heads successively, viz. Laius, Oedipus, and his sons. 1896 Baden-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. 1797 M. Robinson Walsingham IV. 76 If I won't give you a viz and a settlement. 1805 East 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.
| 1767 Gray Let. Mason Wks. (1884) III. 277 Tomorrow I go Vizzing to Gibside to see the new married Countess. |