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Vided vs Fided - What's the difference?

vided | fided |

As verbs the difference between vided and fided

is that vided is past tense of vide¹ while fided is past tense of fid.

vided

English

Verb

(head)
  • (vide)¹

    • Anagrams

    *

    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 .

    References

    Anagrams

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    fided

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (fid)

    • fid

    English

    (wikipedia fid)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) A pointed tool without any sharp edges, used in weaving or knotwork to tighten and form up weaves or complex knots; used in sailing ships to open the strands of a rope before splicing. Compare marlinespike.
  • (nautical) A square bar of wood or iron, with a shoulder at one end, to support the weight of the topmast (on a ship).
  • A plug of oakum for the vent of a gun.
  • A small thick piece of anything.
  • A wooden or metal bar or pin, used to support or steady anything.
  • A naval euphemism for "penis", derived from the similarity of each of the above to the male reproductive organ.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To support a topmast using a fid.

    • Anagrams

    * ---- ==Volapük==

    Noun

    (vo-noun)
  • food

    • Declension

    (vo-decl-noun)

    Derived terms

    * fidacem ----