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Vide vs Via - What's the difference?

vide | via |

As a verb vide

is divide separate into parts, cleave asunder.

As a noun via is

a main road or highway, especially in ancient Rome. (Mainly used in set phrases, below.)

As a preposition via is

by way of; passing through.

vide

English

Etymology 1

form of divide by aphesis.“ vide, v. ¹]” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989 (dead)

Verb

  • (US, black English) divide

    • Verb

    (plural imperative verb;'' ''no conjugation )
  • (Parliamentary jargon) Divide!

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .“ ?vide, v.''²'' imp.'']” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989] (dead)OED: [www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/vide ''vide''], [www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/v ''v(.)

    Alternative forms

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    Verb

    (head) (singular imperative verb; plural videte )
  • See; consult; refer to!
  • * 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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    via

    English

    Etymology 1

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    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A main road or highway, especially in ancient Rome. (Mainly used in set phrases, below.)
  • (label) A small hole in a printed circuit board filled with metal which connects two or more layers.
    • Derived terms
    {{der3, via affirmativa , Via Crucis , Via Dolorosa , Via Egnatia , Via Lactea , via media , via negativa}}
    Related terms
    * viaticum * viator

    Etymology 2

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    Alternative forms

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    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • By way of; passing through.
  • By (means of); using (a medium).
  • * {{quote-magazine, title=An internet of airborne things, date=2012-12-01, volume=405, issue=8813, page=3 (Technology Quarterly), magazine= citation
    • , passage=A farmer could place an order for a new tractor part by text message and pay for it by mobile money-transfer. A supplier many miles away would then take the part to the local matternet station for airborne dispatch via drone.}}
  • As per (a mathematical equation).
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