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English word origin

Etymology of vide

See divide.

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
verb

Clipping of divide (to split or separate into two or more parts.). · Clipping of divide! (an order for the members of a legislative assembly to divide into two groups [the ayes and the nays] for the counting of the members’ votes).

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

See divide.

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
verb

A remark directing the reader to look to the specified place for epexegesis; see; consult; refer to.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Latin vidē (“see (thou)”), second-person singular imperative of videō (“to see”).

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  • Derivation mentionvidēla
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