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vi et armis

vi et armis adverb: by force, violently; specifically, causing damage to a person or property.

Adverb

vi et armis (not comparable)

  1. By force, violently; specifically, causing damage to a person or property.
    • Crabtree […] was so much incensed at his breach of punctuality, that he ordered him to be denied; and when the young gentleman forced his entrance into his chamber, vi & armis, would not open his mouth; but assuming the most grim contraction of his countenance, sat in sullen silence […].1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC
    • The young barrister had brought a couple of dogs with him; and the country gentleman […] laughed aloud at the two miserable curs, one of which had followed Robert Audley through Chancery Lane, and half the length of Holborn; while his companion had been taken by the barrister vi et armis from a...1862, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Lady Audley's Secret

Origin of vi et armis

From Latin vi et armis (“with force and arms”).

Questions about vi et armis

What does vi et armis mean?
Vi et armis means by force, violently; specifically, causing damage to a person or property.
What part of speech is vi et armis?
Vi et armis is an adverb.

Words near vi et armis in the dictionary

  1. VHSIC
  2. VHSICs
  3. VHT
  4. vi
  5. Vi and Bot
  6. vi et armis
  7. vi-apple
  8. vi-apples
  9. vi.
  10. via
  11. via affirmativa

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