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Webster 1913 Edition
Visible
1.
Perceivable by the eye; capable of being seen; perceptible; in view;
as, a
visible
star; the least spot is visible
on white paper.Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things
visible
and invisible. Bk. of Com. Prayer.
Virtue made
visible
in outward grace. Young.
2.
Noticeable; apparent; open; conspicuous.
Shak.
The factions at court were greater, or more
visible
, than before. Clarendon.
Visible church
(Theol.)
, the apparent church of Christ on earth; the whole body of professed believers in Christ, as contradistinguished from the invisible, or real, church, consisting of sanctified persons.
– Visible horizon
. Same as
Apparent horizon
, under Apparent
.Vis′i-ble-ness
, Noun.
Vis′i-bly
, adv.
Webster 1828 Edition
Visible
VIS'IBLE
,Adj.
1.
Perceivable by the eye; that can be seen; as a visible star; the least spot is visible on white paper; air agitated by heat becomes visible; as the air near a heated stove, or over a dry sandy plain, appears like pellucid waves.Virtue made visible in outward grace.
2.
Discovered to the eye; as visible spirits.3.
Apparent; open; conspicuous. Factions at court became more visible.Visible church, in theology, the apparent church of Christ; the whole body of professed believers in Christ, as contradistinguished from the real or invisible church, consisting of sanctified persons.
Visible horizon, the line that bounds the sight.