identic

American  

[ahy-den-tik, ih-den-] / aɪˈdɛn tɪk, ɪˈdɛn- /

adjective

1. identical.

2. Diplomacy. (of action, notes, etc.) identical in form, as when two or more governments deal simultaneously with another government.

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identic British  

/ aɪˈdɛntɪk /

adjective

1. diplomacy (esp of opinions expressed by two or more governments) having the same wording or intention regarding another power

   identic notes

2. an obsolete word for identical

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Etymology

Origin of identic

1640–50; < Medieval Latin identicus the same, equivalent to Late Latin ident ( itās ) identity + -icus -ic

Example Sentences

We have sent identic notes to all the powers concerned asking them to move to abolish extraterritoriality as soon as possible.

From Time Magazine Archive

To Leroy Sossamon, blond and blue-eyed, of Bethel High School and to Ophelia Holley, chocolate brown, Governor Gardner awarded two large identic silver loving cups for their prize-winning essays.

From Time Magazine Archive

Perfectly amazing to professional diplomats, the Bullitt-Litvinoff agreement was apparently verbal, confirmed in written statements by each which were not identic notes but differed in vital respects.

From Time Magazine Archive

He insisted that he was friendly, that he had acted from the friendliest possible motives in reminding Russia and China by identic notes of their obligation as signatories of the Kellogg Pact not to fight.

From Time Magazine Archive

The following identic note was sent by the Secretary of State to the American Ambassadors at London and Berlin: WASHINGTON, Feb.

From New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, April, 1915 April-September, 1915 by Various