[L. vidē, imp. sing. of vidēre to see.] ‘See, refer to, consult’; a direction to the reader to refer to some other heading, passage or work (or to a table, diagram, etc.) for fuller or further information.
Freq. abbreviated as vid.: see VID.1; also occas. as v. V 5.
1565. Cooper, Thesaurus, App., Pysades, the sonne of Strophius:… Vide Pisades.
1626. Bacon, Sylva, § 59. For which I haue compounded an Ointment of Excellent Odour, which I call Roman Ointment, vide the Receit.
1699. Evelyn, Acetaria, 51. The Limon is somewhat more acute, cooling and extinguishing Thirst…. Vide Limon.
1713. Swift, Cadenus & Vanessa, 111. She then referr’d them to a place In Virgil, vide Dido’s case.
1823. J. Badcock, Dom. Amusem., 33. Vide Rollin passim.
1837. Wilkinson, Mann. & Cust. Anc. Egypt, ii. (1841), I. 66, note. Vide my Egypt and Thebes, p. 194 note.
1897. Gosse, Omphalos, xii. 354, note. I have already proved that blood must have been in … the newly-created Man (vide p. 276, supra).
