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Tweet pref. One who acts in the place of another; deputy: vice-chairman. [Middle English, from Old French vis-, vice-, from Late Latin vice-, from Latin vice, ablative of *vix, change; see weik-2 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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