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   Vision , n. [OE. visioun, F. vision, fr. L. visio, from videre, visum, to see: akin to Gr.  to see,  I know, and E. wit. See Wit, v., and cf. Advice, Clairvoyant, Envy, Evident, Provide, Revise, Survey, View, Visage, Visit.]
   The act of seeing external objects; actual sight.
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   Faith here is turned into vision there.
   Hammond.
   
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   (Physiol.) The faculty of seeing; sight; one of the five senses, by which colors and the physical qualities of external objects are appreciated as a result of the stimulating action of light on the sensitive retina, an expansion of the optic nerve.
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   That which is seen; an object of sight.
   Shak.
   
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   Especially, that which is seen otherwise than by the ordinary sight, or the rational eye; a supernatural, prophetic, or imaginary sight; an apparition; a phantom; a specter; as, the visions of Isaiah.
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   The baseless fabric of this vision.
   Shak.
   
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   No dreams, but visions strange.
   Sir P. Sidney.
   
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   Hence, something unreal or imaginary; a creation of fancy.
   Locke.
   
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   Arc of vision (Astron.), the arc which measures the least distance from the sun at which, when the sun is below the horizon, a star or planet emerging from his rays becomes visible. -- Beatific vision (Theol.), the immediate sight of God in heaven. -- Direct vision (Opt.), vision when the image of the object falls directly on the yellow spot (see under Yellow); also, vision by means of rays which are not deviated from their original direction. -- Field of vision, field of view. See under Field. -- Indirect vision (Opt.), vision when the rays of light from an object fall upon the peripheral parts of the retina. -- Reflected vision, or Refracted vision, vision by rays reflected from mirrors, or refracted by lenses or prisms, respectively. -- Vision purple. (Physiol.) See Visual purple, under Visual.
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   Vision, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Visioned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Visioning.] To see in a vision; to dream.
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   For them no visioned terrors daunt,
   Their nights no fancied specters haunt.
   Sir W. Scott.
   
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