Meanings
vide1
verbvide (third-person singular simple present vides, present participle viding, simple past and past participle vided)
present singular third person vides · participle present viding · participle past vided · past vided · alternative 'vide
- USabbreviationambitransitiveclippingAfrican-American VernacularClipping of divide (to split or separate into two or more parts.).
- abbreviationclippingparliamentary jargonClipping of divide! (an order for the members of a legislative assembly to divide into two groups [the ayes and the nays] for the counting of the members’ votes).
vide2
verbvide (singular imperative verb, plural videte)
plural videte · alternative abbreviation v. · alternative abbreviation vid. · alternative vidê
- imperativesingularverbA remark directing the reader to look to the specified place for epexegesis; see; consult; refer to.
(For comments, vide page 151).
1968, Royal Commission on Pilotage, Study of Canadian pilotage: Pacific coast and Churchill (Part 2 of Report), Canada: Queen's Printer, page 353
Origin
vide · verb
- Latinvidē“see (thou)”
- Englishvide
From Latin vidē (“see (thou)”), second-person singular imperative of videō (“to see”).
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APA
vide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vide
MLA
“vide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vide. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vide,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vide.
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