We may now observe that this hypothesis of ‘Unconscious Utilitarianism’ explains the different relative importance attached to particular virtues by different classes of human beings, and the different emphasis with which the same virtue is inculcated on these different classes by mankind generally.
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick

jig vorsätzlich handeln to act deliberately vorsätzliche Handlung deliberate act vorsätzliche Sachbeschädigung malicious injury of property vorschießen; Vorschuss advance Vorschlag proposal Vorschlag; Suggestion suggestion vorschlagen propose vorschlagen; suggerieren suggest Vorschlagsbriefkasten suggestion box Vorschlagswesen suggestion scheme vorschreiben prescribe Vorschrift prescription Vorschrift regulation vorschriftswidrig against orders Vorschuß der Lizenzgebühren advance of royalties Vorschuss gegen Dokumente advance against documents Vorschuss; Darlehen advance vorschußweise by way of loan vorsehen provide Vorsicht caution Vorsicht; Vorsichtsmaßnahme precaution vorsichtig cautious vorsichtig precautious vorsichtig bei der Anwendung von Abweichungen cautious in using variations vorsichtig umgehen handle with care Vorsichtsmaßnahme measure of precaution Vorsichtsmaßnahme precaution Vorsichtsmaßnahme precautionary measure Vorsichtsmaßnahmen precautions Vorsichtsmaßregel precaution Vorsitzende chairperson Vorsitzender chairman Vorsitzender des Schiedsgerichts chairman of the arbitral tribunal vorsitzender Richter chief judge vorsorglicherweise for reasons of precaution Vorspiegelung falscher Tatsachen false pretences Vorstand board of management Vorstandsmitglied; Mitglied des Gremiums board member Vorstandssitzung board meeting Vorstudie preliminary study vortäuschen mock Vorteil advantage Vorteil benefit Vorteil edge Vorteil vantage Vorteil des Standorts advantage of location Vorteile eines Standorts advantages of a location vorteilhaft advantageous vorteilhafte Kapitalanlage paying investment vorteilhafte Kapitalanlage profitable investment vortragen carry over vorübergehend temporary vorübergehend Beschäftigter temporary employee vorübergehende Arbeitslosigkeit frictional unemployment vorübergehende Berufung; zeitlich begrenzt temporary appointment vorübergehende Beschäftigung temporary employment vorübergehende Erwerbsunfähigkeit temporary disability vorübergehende Stelle temporary appointment Voruntersuchung preliminary inquiry Voruntersuchung preliminary investigation Vorurteil bias Vorurteil der Kunden customer prejudice Vorverkaufskundendienst pre-sales service Vorverpackung prepackaging Vorvertrag preliminary agreement Vorwahlnummer (Telefon) code number Vorwand;
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

If any one shall do so, he shall not be punished by private vengeance, but such action shall be a public misdemeanour.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

The Gods and Jotuns, the divine Powers and the chaotic brute ones, after long contest and partial victory by the former, meet at last in universal world-embracing wrestle and duel; World-serpent against Thor, strength against strength; mutually extinctive; and ruin, "twilight" sinking into darkness, swallows the created Universe.
— from On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Thomas Carlyle

púgul v [B; c1] for s.t. to be massed in a small area.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Mother and sire in loving care Sped their dear son with rite and prayer: Vaśishṭha blessed him ere he went; O'er his loved head the father bent, And then to Kuśik's son resigned Ráma with Lakshmaṇ close behind.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

The pernicious love of gambling diffused itself through society, and bore all public and nearly all private virtue before it.
— from Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay

pa- v [B1256] fall into a sitting position.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

We were told of an illness that had seized her the very day after our last preceding visit; but we inquired not into the particulars.
— from Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Walt Whitman

Venkisen , v. to vanquish, PP; vencuss , B; venkquyst , pt. s. , S2; venquysshed , pp. , S2, C3; venkised , PP; vencust , B.—AF.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

Nothing had been gained but a thin and flimsy truce, with new troubles and dangers plainly visible behind it.
— from France and England in North America, Part V: Count Frontenac, New France, Louis XIV by Francis Parkman

When Fred was riding home on winter evenings he had a pleasant vision beforehand of the bright hearth in the wainscoted parlor, and was sorry for other men who could not have Mary for their wife; especially for Mr. Farebrother.
— from Middlemarch by George Eliot

Louerd , n. lord, (the) Lord, master, husband, XV g 1, 11, &c.; Lhord , III introd. , 11, 29, 46; Lord(e) , II 120, 518, VIII a 19, 272, XII a 157, &c.; Lordene , gen. pl. VIII b 77.
— from A Middle English Vocabulary, Designed for use with Sisam's Fourteenth Century Verse & Prose by J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel) Tolkien

Private Vapour Bath . . .
— from Personal Recollections of Birmingham and Birmingham Men by Eliezer Edwards

The kantharos, though a very beautiful form, is never common in the painted vases, being perhaps oftener made in metal.
— from History of Ancient Pottery: Greek, Etruscan, and Roman. Volume 1 (of 2) by H. B. (Henry Beauchamp) Walters

This necessary Act was faintly opposed in an attempt to evade its penalties, by the projectors terming themselves and their Subscribers co-partners; but the interposition of the Legislature stamped all their schemes with discredit, and the elopement of several principals utterly destroyed the contrivances of those who dared popular vengeance by keeping their posts.
— from Anecdotes of the Manners and Customs of London during the Eighteenth Century; Vol. 1 (of 2) Including the Charities, Depravities, Dresses, and Amusements etc. by James Peller Malcolm

They are: (1) Ushanas, or the “Host” of the Planet Venus, become now in Roman Catholicism Lucifer, the Genius of the “day star,” 1155 the Tsaba, or Army of “Satan.”
— from The Secret Doctrine, Vol. 2 of 4 by H. P. (Helena Petrovna) Blavatsky

VIII A PROFESSIONAL VISIT BY RAIL After a busy afternoon among the field hospitals under the naval ridge, I returned in the evening to Chieveley, in the hope, now that the bulk of the work was over, of getting something to eat.
— from The Tale of a Field Hospital by Frederick Treves

The country bordering on the Ochotsk Sea, a place visited by hundreds of whalemen, presents a scenery in some respects quite different from that of the arctic.
— from The Arctic Whaleman; or, Winter in the Arctic Ocean by Lewis Holmes

Naauwpoort. —Situated at the junction of the branch line to De Aar and the main line to Pietersburg, viâ Bloemfontein and Pretoria.
— from South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 6 (of 8) From the Occupation of Pretoria to Mr. Kruger's Departure from South Africa, with a Summarised Account of the Guerilla War to March 1901 by Louis Creswicke