Emily Dickinson Lexicon

vision (-s), n. [AFr, OFr, or L. < L. vidēre, to see.] (webplay: appearance, confident, dreams, existing, future, God, like, man, minds, presented, real, receive, rest, revelation, seeing, sight, something, strange, turned).

1. Dream; apparition; revelation; beatific image.
2. Sighting; vivid mental concept; [fig.] scene; vista; prospect; panorama; landscape.
3. View; sight; eyeshot; ability to discern; [fig.] presence; sensory perception.
4. Specter; phantom; imaginary being; [fig.] creature; wight; animal; [metaphor] fairy; elf.
5. Scene; landscape; prospect; panorama; subject for a painting.
6. Eyesight; optical perception; ability to see; [metonymy] eyes.
7. Appearance; style; [fig.] fashion; grooming; manner of dressing.
8. Evidence; firsthand knowledge; [fig.] prophecy; foresight; prescience; spiritual insight; (see Joel 2:22).
9. Reflection; mirage; mirror image.
10. Apocalypse; last day; [fig.] entrance into paradise; view of the next life; transition by death into the presence of the Lord; (see Revelation 21:2, 21:9).
11. Fantasy; imaginative story; fictional tale.
12. Perspective; visual sense; [fig.] faith; belief; hope in things unseen (see Hebrews 11:1).
13. Inspiration; insight; [fig.] poem.
14. Picture; idea; concept; mental image.