vide. 1. (used to direct a reader to a specified place in a text, another book, etc) refer to, see (often in the phrases vide ante (see before), vide infra (see below), vide post (see after), vide supra (see above), vide ut supra (see as above), etc).Abbreviation: v or Abbreviation vid.[C16: from Latin].ide. A Latin word meaning see, used to refer a reader to another place in a text or to another text.