| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | vi·sa |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  v  z |
| NOUN: | An official authorization appended to a passport, permitting entry into and travel within a particular country or region. | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: vi·saed, vi·sa·ing, vi·sas
1. To endorse or ratify (a passport). 2. To give a visa to. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French, short for Latin (carta) v sa, (the document has been) seen, from feminine past participle of vidre, to see. See weid- in Appendix I.
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