"visive" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more visive [comparative], most visive [superlative]
Etymology: From post-classical Latin visīvus, from Latin vīsus (“sight, seeing”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|visīvus}} Latin visīvus, {{uder|en|la|vīsus||sight, seeing}} Latin vīsus (“sight, seeing”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} visive (comparative more visive, superlative most visive)
  1. (now rare) Pertaining to sight or the ability to see; visual. Tags: archaic
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