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velEnglish (en) · Unnumbered etymologySource text
Borrowed from Latin vel (“or”).
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Lewis’s Elementary Latin Dictionary
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vel conj. Source etymology: old imper. of volo , choose, take your choice, or if you will, or as you prefer, or at least, or what is the same thing, or else, or: orabant (sc. Ubii), ut sibi auxilium ferret . . . vel . .
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vel adv. Source etymology: 1 vel , or even, if you will, or indeed, even, assuredly, certainly: vel rex semper maxumas Mihi agebat gratias, T.: sed tamen vel regnum malo quam liberum populum: Vel Priamo miseranda manus,
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