Vĭ'sive, a.

a. [Fr. visif, Pr. visiu, Sp., Pg., & It. visivo, L. Lat. visivus, from Lat. videre, visum, to see.] Of, or pertaining to, the power of seeing; formed in the act of seeing. [Obs.] I can not satisfy myself how men should be so little surprised about this visive faculty. Berkeley.