Vis-a-vis: Definition and part of speech

Vis-a-vis

adv. Face to face.
n. One who, or that which, is face to face with another; esp., one who faces another in dancing.
n. A carriage in which two persons sit face to face. Also, a form of sofa with seats for two persons, so arranged that the occupants are face to face while sitting on opposite sides.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

v. i. Fig.: Any morbid corrupting quality in intellectual or moral conditions; something that poisons the mind or the soul; as, the virus of obscene books.
v. i. Contagious or poisonous matter, as of specific ulcers, the bite of snakes, etc.; — applied to organic poisons.
v. i. The special contagion, inappreciable to the senses and acting in exceedingly minute quantities, by which a disease is introduced into the organism and maintained there.

a. Chaste; pure; — applied especially to women.
a. Possessing or exhibiting virtue.
a. Exhibiting manly courage and strength; valorous; valiant; brave.
a. Having power or efficacy; powerfully operative; efficacious; potent.
a. Having moral excellence; characterized by morality; upright; righteous; pure; as, a virtuous action.

n. Extreme bitterness or malignity of disposition.
n. The quality or state of being virulent or venomous; poisonousness; malignancy.

a. Very bitter in enmity; actuated by a desire to injure; malignant; as, a virulent invective.
a. Extremely poisonous or venomous; very active in doing injury.