Deo Volente Definition & Meaning

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Deo volente British / ˈdeɪəʊ vɒˈlɛntɪ /

1. DV. God willing

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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.

From Project Gutenberg

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."

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From BusinessWeek

"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."

From Project Gutenberg

In Latin class to-day Anna translated the phrase Deo Volente “with violence,” and Mr. Tyler, who 126always enjoys a joke, laughed so, we thought he would fall out of his chair.

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