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SIC
sic
(adverb) intentionally so written (used after a printed word or phrase)
sic, set
(verb) urge to attack someone; āThe owner sicked his dogs on the intrudersā; āthe shaman sics sorcerers on the evil spiritsā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
SIC (plural SICs)
(education, chiefly, South Carolina) Initialism of School Improvement Council.
Anagrams
• -ics, CIS, CIs, CSI, ICS, ICs, IĀ²Cs, SCI, Sci., cis, cis-, sci, sci.
Etymology 1
Adverb
sic (not comparable)
Thus; thus written; used to indicate, for example, that text is being quoted as it is from the source.
Usage notes
Sic is frequently used to indicate that an error or apparent error of spelling, grammar, or logic has been quoted faithfully; for instance, quoting the U.S. Constitution
The House of Representatives shall chuse [sic] their Speaker ...
Sic is often set off from surrounding text by parentheses or brackets, which sometimes enclose additional notes, as
Because it is not an abbreviation, it does not require a following period.
Verb
sic (third-person singular simple present sics, present participle siccing, simple past and past participle sicced)
To mark with a bracketed sic.
Etymology 2
Verb
sic (third-person singular simple present sics, present participle siccing, simple past and past participle sicced)
(transitive) To incite an attack by, especially a dog or dogs.
(transitive) To set upon; to chase; to attack.
Usage notes
• The sense of āset uponā is most commonly used as an imperative, in a command to an animal.
Anagrams
• -ics, CIS, CIs, CSI, ICS, ICs, IĀ²Cs, SCI, Sci., cis, cis-, sci, sci.
Source: Wiktionary
Sic, a.
Definition: Such. [Scot.]
Sic, adv. Etym: [L.]
Definition: Thus.
Note: This word is sometimes inserted in a quotation [sic], to call attention to the fact that some remarkable or inaccurate expression, misspelling, or the like, is literally reproduced.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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