Deo volente


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Deo volente

(ˈdeɪəʊ vɒˈlɛntɪ)
(Ecclesiastical Terms) God willing. Abbreviation: DV
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Deo volente

A Latin phrase meaning God willing.
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Thus I gave him his leave and I beg mine from you, offering Your Excellency the "Trabajos de Persiles y Sigismunda," a book I shall finish within four months, Deo volente, and which will be either the worst or the best that has been composed in our language, I mean of those intended for entertainment; at which I repent of having called it the worst, for, in the opinion of friends, it is bound to attain the summit of possible quality.
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