vis Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
    sixer; sestet; Captain Hicks; hexad; sise; VI; six; sextet; half a dozen; 6; sextuplet.
  2. noun more than 130 southeastern Virgin Islands; a dependent territory of the United States
    United States Virgin Islands; American Virgin Islands; VI.

WordNet


Vis noun
Definitions
  1. Force; power.
  2. (Law) (a) Physical force. (b) Moral power.

Webster 1913