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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Visage \Vis"age\ (?; 48), v. t.
   To face. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Visage \Vis"age\ (?; 48), n. [F. visage, from L. visus a seeing,
   a look, fr. videre, visum, to see. See {Vision}.]
   The face, countenance, or look of a person or an animal; --
   chiefly applied to the human face. --Chaucer. ``A visage of
   demand.'' --Shak.

         His visage was so marred more than any man. --Isa. lii.
                                                  14.

         Love and beauty still that visage grace. --Waller.

Source : WordNet®

visage
     n 1: the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal
          terms for `face' and `phiz' is British) [syn: {countenance},
           {physiognomy}, {phiz}, {kisser}, {smiler}, {mug}]
     2: the appearance conveyed by a person's face; "a pleasant
        countenance"; "a stern visage" [syn: {countenance}]
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