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Webster 1913 Edition


Avise

A-vise′

,
Verb.
T.
[F.
aviser
. See
Advise
,
Verb.
T.
]
1.
To look at; to view; to think of.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
2.
To advise; to counsel.
[Obs.]
Shak.
To avise one’s self
,
to consider with one's self, to reflect, to deliberate.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
Now therefore, if thou wilt enriched be,
Avise thee
well, and change thy willful mood.
Spenser.

A-vise′

,
Verb.
I.
To consider; to reflect.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Avise

AVI'SE

,

Definition 2024


avise

avise

See also: avisé

English

Verb

avise (third-person singular simple present avises, present participle avising, simple past and past participle avised)

  1. Obsolete spelling of advise
    • Spenser
      Now therefore, if thou wilt enriched be, / Avise thee well, and change thy willful mood.
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French

Pronunciation

Verb

avise

  1. first-person singular present indicative of aviser
  2. third-person singular present indicative of aviser
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of aviser
  4. first-person singular present subjunctive of aviser
  5. second-person singular imperative of aviser

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From av + ise

Verb

avise (imperative avis, present tense aviser, passive avises, simple past aviset or aviste, past participle aviset or avist, present participle avisende)

  1. to defrost, de-ice

Usage notes

  1. A common misspelling of avvise, which has an interesting parallel with the Swedish verb avisa.
  2. In actual usage the simple past and past participle is usually aviset, rather than aviste and avist respectively as given in the reference.

References


Portuguese

Verb

avise

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of avisar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of avisar
  3. first-person singular imperative of avisar
  4. third-person singular imperative of avisar

Spanish

Verb

avise

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of avisar.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of avisar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of avisar.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of avisar.