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

---

Etymology

Origin of identic

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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