identic

[ ahy-den-tik, ih-den- ]

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adjective

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

Origin of identic

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

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How to use identic in a sentence

With what infinite transport did he hear the evening before he was to embark, that a sailor knew the identic lady in question.
Hieroglyphic Tales | Horace Walpole
We should therefore avoid identic notes, though we may make a concerted representation.
Lord Lyons: A Record of British Diplomacy, Vol. 2 of 2 | Thomas Wodehouse Legh Newton
I see Goschen suggests that the decision of the Conference should be announced to the Porte by an identic note.
Lord Lyons: A Record of British Diplomacy, Vol. 2 of 2 | Thomas Wodehouse Legh Newton
Therefore all these are to be considered as the one and same thing and identic with one another.
The Yoga-Vasishtha Maharamayana of Valmiki, vol. 3 (of 4) part 2 (of 2) | Valmiki
(Thus this creation is a display of the divine mind and identic with it).
The Yoga-Vasishtha Maharamayana of Valmiki, vol. 3 (of 4) part 2 (of 2) | Valmiki

British Dictionary definitions for identic

identic

/ (aɪˈdɛntɪk) /

adjective

diplomacy (esp of opinions expressed by two or more governments) having the same wording or intention regarding another power: identic notes
an obsolete word for identical

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