Vis

Some physicians imagined that diseases were caused by a change in the qualities of the fluids, which became sometimes acid, and sometimes alkaline; or on a change of figure of the particles of the blood: some imagined diseases to be owing to a rational principle, which they called the vis medicatrix naturae, which governed the actions of the body, and excited fever or commotion in the system to remove any hurtful cause, or expel any morbid matter, which might have insinuated itself into the body. ❋ Thomas Garnett (1784)

I feel your pain vis a vis engorgement – only I never have problems getting milk OUT. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It is always worth keeping a weather eye on the blog of that most haughty of Frenchmen, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, who seems, a bit like the Communist Party of Great Britain vis-à-vis the Labour Party of the 1970s, to be able to propose something today for it to become mainstream policy tomorrow. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Peterson was a far healthier human being, of course, but I think that the whole narrative of extreme virtuosity as a Faustian bargain vis-à-vis the soul is a pretty indelible trope in all kinds of music. ❋ Matthew Guerrieri (2008)

When Leibniz published essentially the same objection in his Brief Demonstration of a Notable Error of Descartes's and Others Concerning a Natural Law in 1686, it sparked a now famous dispute among natural philosophers that has become known as the vis viva controversy ❋ Mcdonough, Jeff (2007)

We are seeing precisely that drama playing out this very term vis-a-vis Grutter and Stenberg. ❋ Ann Althouse (2006)

Q Any more presidential phone calls vis a vis Iraq? ❋ ITY National Archives (1998)

Nearly all this doctrine of impetus is transformed into a very correct mechanical theory if one is careful to substitute the expression vis viva for impetus. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

Terence imitated him at Rome, and obtained the preference over Plautus, though Cæsar called him but a demi-Menander, because he appears to want that spirit and vivacity which he calls the vis comica. ❋ Samuel Johnson (1746)

'I am not going anywhere, I am here to clear my name,' says Shoaib Malik HYDERABAD - Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Malik, who is scheduled to marry tennis star Sania Mirza on April 15 in Hyderabad, on Monday said that he was in the city to clear his name vis-'-vis the alleged marriage with Hyderabad girl Ayesha Siddiqui, as he would not like to lose the respect that he had earned. ❋ Ians (2010)

Definitions matter, of course, and I'm happy to take Blair at his word vis a vis British policy. ❋ Unknown (2010)

So I guess my question is, could you comment on the strategy for that title vis-a-vis as you look forward to your future release slate? ❋ Unknown (2009)

However I've had my issues with her especially over how she damaged President Bush's 2nd term vis a vis Iran, North Korea and other trouble makers. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I really and truly never understood that tar baby was an expression that had racist overtones — I should have realized it when I read Toni Morrison’s book, named, yes, “Tar Baby,” but I did not even then understand the significance of the title vis a vis the subject matter. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Kiss a wheel lock a latin phrase vis a vis, comma, the end in site, a trip toe fan drinking small smoky night rhyme reasons lack a day — been gone so long … been gone done in run down the old mill, alas she is dead. ❋ Unknown (2010)

[Sobeit] vis recent [matters] thus [relevant]. ❋ Hercolena Oliver (2009)

I need to [borrow] your [computer]! Why? Need to [fix] some vis. ❋ Ulovlig (2010)

[The cops] [rolled up] and I was vis. ❋ Heston B (2005)

[Jody]: "yeah I [sucked off] yo man at the party" Jason: "thats vis, [my brother] is only 7" ❋ Jason Hightower Aka J-kid (2003)

"It is interesting reading your reactions. Your five predecessors were by design based on a similar predication, a [contingent] affirmation that was meant to create a profound attachment to the rest of your species, facilitating [the function] of the one. While the others experienced this in a very general way, your experience is far more specific. [Vis-a-vis], love." ❋ RENEGATUS DOT COM (2003)

"Can you [help me] find a [coconut], you know, like a vis-a-vis?" - Q, [Impractical Jokers] - ❋ Bilkywaygalaxy (2017)

[I'm not sure] what [I can] do vis a vis [the car]. ❋ Aaron Ruby (2007)

[You are] so Vi.. ❋ A Smart Idiot (2014)

wow [thats] one [smart] [vied] ❋ Ur Mam Is My Mam (2018)

person: [Vi's] [so hot] 1! 1! 1! me: [yes] ❋ Angryjan (2022)