"vel" meaning in Latin

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        "1": "la",
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        "t": "you wish"
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  "etymology_text": "From earlier *well, from Proto-Italic *wels (“you wish”), thus originally the second-person singular present active indicative form of volō (“I will, I wish”). The semantic development may have been helped by the fortuitous similarity to -ve.",
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      "form": "ꝉ",
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        {
          "english": "In theater, comedies or tragedies are played.",
          "ref": "2005, D.J. Krus, Elements of Propositional Calculus:",
          "text": "In theatro comediae vel tragediae aguntur.",
          "translation": "In theater, comedies or tragedies are played.",
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        "even"
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      "ipa": "[ˈwɛɫ]",
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈvɛl]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
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  "word": "vel"
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      "form": "vƚ",
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          "english": "In theater, comedies or tragedies are played.",
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          "text": "In theatro comediae vel tragediae aguntur.",
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