Obs. exc. dial. Also 4 vyse, 6 vise, Sc. wice, vyce, 9 dial. vize. [Aphetic f. avise, avyse, etc., ADVICE.] Counsel; advice.

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1387–8.  T. Usk, Test. Love, I. ii. (Skeat), l. 60. Now thou comest goodly by thyn owne vyse, to comforte me with wordes.

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a. 1500.  Lancelot, 1999. Mot euery king have this wice in mynd In tyme.

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c. 1560.  A. Scott, Poems (S.T.S.), v. 23. Sic senȝeoris tymis our weill this sessone; Vpoun thair vyce war lang to waik.

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a. 1847.  Isle of Wight Gloss. (E.D.S.), 40. Vice, or Vize, advice.

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