1894 Brewer’s / V / Viva Voce
Orally; by word of mouth. A viva voce examination is one in which the respondent answers by word of mouth. (Latin, “with the living voice.”)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.