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vide | vile |

As a verb vide

is divide separate into parts, cleave asunder.

As an adjective vile is

morally low; base; despicable.

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

    * *

    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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    vile

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • morally low; base; despicable

    • Synonyms

    * base * despicable * mean * ignoble

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