q.v.

¹ American  

abbreviation

1. (in prescriptions) as much as you wish.

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q.v. ² American  

abbreviation

plural

qq.v

1. (used in formal writing after a cross reference) which see.

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qv British  

abbreviation

1. quod vide

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Etymology

Origin of q.v.¹

From Latin quantum vīs

Origin of q.v.¹

From Latin quod vidē

Example Sentences

Alcofribaz Nazier, anagram signature of Rabelais, q.v.

From Project Gutenberg

Quart, Quarter, Quarterly, q.v., quod vide=Which see; quantum vis=As much as you will.

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He used thirteen stanzas for "The Sexton's Sermon," q.v.; stanzas 39-43 were reprinted in the 1809 edition in connection with stanzas 35-38 of "Santa Cruz" and entitled "Elegiac Lines"; stanza 79 became stanza one and 55 stanza two of the "Hessian Embarkation," and stanza 49 was inserted after stanza 90 of the 1809 version of "Santa Cruz."

From Project Gutenberg

A few stanzas from this poem are scattered through the poem entitled "The Sexton's Sermon," q.v.

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Milton. pros. prosody. coll., colloq. colloquially. min. mineralogy. prov. provincial. comp. comparative. mod. modern. q.v. which see. conch. conchology.

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