• Vide

    Pronunciation

    • RP enPR: vÄ«d, IPA: /vaɪd/,

    Origin 1

    Aphæretic form of divide by aphesis.

    “vide, v.¹” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary 2

    nd

    1989

    Full definition of vide

    Verb

    1. (US, black English) divide
    separate into parts, cleave asunder

    Verb

    verb

    (plural imperative verb; no conjugation)
    1. (Parliamentary jargon) Divide! ordering the members of a legislative assembly to divide into two groups (the ayes and the nays) for the counting of the members’ votes

    Pronunciation

    • RP enPR: vīʹdÄ­, IPA: /ˈvaɪdɪ/,
    ,,

    Origin 2

    From Latin vidē ("see!"), second-person singular present active imperative form of videō ("I see").

    “‖vide, v.² imp.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary 2

    nd

    1989

    Alternative forms

    Verb

    verb

    (singular imperative verb; plural videte)
    1. See; consult; refer to! A remark directing the reader to look to the specified place for epexegesis.
      • 1968, report of the royal commission on Pilotage, part 2, Study of Canadian pilotage: Pacific coast and Churchill, page 353:(For comments, vide page 151).

    Usage notes

    Grammatically, this is the singular form, used to address one person. It is sometimes used invariantly to address more than one person, but a plural form also exists for this, videte.

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