Deo volente

/ ˈdeɪəʊ vɒˈlɛntɪ /

1. DV. God willing

Example Sentences

Dr. Finch sighed his you-have-no-education-young- woman sigh, raised his eyebrows, and said: “Deo volente. ‘God willin’,’ child.

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Deo volente=God willing, If God will. d.v.p., decessit vita patris=Died in his father's life-time. dwt.

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But a sharpened appetite for supper called me away, and I quickly followed my companions, casting a last glance around, and suppressing a faint sigh, fraught with the reflection, "All this—Deo volente—will be ours for nearly three months."

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Such areas aren’t included in building plans submited to the government nor booked as expenses during construction, according to Lu Qilin, a senior research manager at Deo Volente Realty, Shanghai’s third- biggest property brokerage.

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"I am here sailing and swimming and laying up a store of health and strength to carry me on, Deo volente, through the hot late summer of Florence."

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