"Vis" is a word in ENGLISH

Having sufficient power, strength, force, skill, means, or resources of any kind to accomplish the object; possessed of qualifications rendering …

The act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers.

A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or …

Characterized by the absence of power or force.

A kind of gun in which the elastic force of condensed air is used to discharge the ball. The air …

An organized living being endowed with sensation and the power of voluntary motion, and also characterized by taking its food …

The vital principle or force which (according to the Paracelsians) presides over the growth and continuation of living beings; the …

Having the power or quality of attracting or drawing; as, the attractive force of bodies.

Having sufficient power, force, or efficacy, for the object; effectual; valid; as, an available plea.

To repress or weaken, as any appetite, desire, or power of the mind; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, …

A prisoner taken by force or stratagem, esp., by an enemy, in war; one kept in bondage or in the …

The act of seizing by force, or getting possession of by superior power or by stratagem; as, the capture of …

The quality of being cogent; power of compelling conviction; conclusiveness; force.

Authority; power or right of control; leadership; as, the forces under his command.

Compressing, or having power or tendency to compress; as, a compressive force.

An equal power or force acting in opposition; a force sufficient to balance another force.

To act against with equal force, power, or effect; to thwart or overcome by such action; to furnish an equivalent …

To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of; to …

Force; power; -- esp. in the phrase by dint of.

To render unable or incapable; to destroy the force, vigor, or power of action of; to deprive of competent physical …