Vise
Vise , noun
[French vis a screw, winding stairs, Old French vis, viz, from Latin vitis a vine; probably akin to English withy.]
An instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing.
Visé , noun
[French visé, past participle of viser to put a visa to, from Latin visus seen, past participle of videre to see.]
A document or an indorsement made on a passport by the proper authorities of certain countries, denoting that the passport has been examined, and that the person who bears it is permitted to proceed on her journey. Same as visa; -- an older spelling now used less frequently than visa.
Also: Vise
Visé , transitive verb
To examine and indorse, as a passport; to visa.
Also: Vise