sb. [F. visa, a. L. vīsa, fem. pa. pple. of vidēre to see.] = VISÉ sb.
1831. Edin. Rev., LIV. 200. No trust whatever … can be placed in the simple certificate given by conscience…. Beyond this … its visa does not reach.
1859. B. Jerrold, Life D. Jerrold, 309. On going to the Austrian Consul in London for the visa of my father’s passport.
1885. Field, 4 April 439/3. We had hoped to … return through Finland, but were unable to obtain the Russian visa at Stockholm.
1898. Daily News, 19 Dec., 5/2. Notification of the witness list was made yesterday to the Parquet, which began by refusing its visa.
Hence Visa v. trans., to visé. Also Visaed ppl. a.
1847. Webster, s.v. Visé, Hence, travelers speak of getting their passports visaed.
1858. Homans, Cycl. Commerce, 1500/2. For each passport so visaed.
1896. Westm. Gaz., 2 March, 3/2. For want of the same readily visaed passport.
