avision
English
Etymology
From Middle English avisioun, from Old French avision.
Noun
avision (plural avisions)
- (obsolete) A vision.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter Tercium, in Le Morte Darthur, book XV:
- And whanne this old man had sayd thus he came to one of tho knyghtes and sayd I haue lost alle that I haue sette in the / For thou hast rulyd the ageynste me as a warryour and vsed wrong werres with vayne glory […] / therfor thow shalt be confounded withoute thow yelde me my tresour / Alle this aduysyon sawe sir Launcelot at the Crosse
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter Tercium, in Le Morte Darthur, book XV:
References
- avision in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1914
Middle English
Noun
avision
- Alternative form of avisioun
Old French
Noun
avision f (oblique plural avisions, nominative singular avision, nominative plural avisions)
- vision (religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance)