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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.


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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of identic

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

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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.

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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

By adopting identic reports from this conference, each body in effect agreed to the new legislation in its final form.

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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

With what infinite transport did he hear the evening before he was to embark, that a sailor knew the identic lady in question.

From Hieroglyphic Tales by Walpole, Horace

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