scilicet

American  

[sil-uh-set] / ˈsɪl əˌsɛt /

adverb

1. to wit; namely (used especially on legal documents, as an affidavit, pleading, etc., to verify the place of action). sc., scil., ss.

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scilicet British  

/ ˈsɪlɪˌsɛt /

adverb

1. namely; that is: used esp in explaining an obscure text or an ambiguity, or supplying a missing word

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Etymology

Origin of scilicet

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin scīlicet, short for scīre licet “it is permitted to know”

Example Sentences

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scilicet

This emperor, according to Suetonius, constantly passed the summer in a small villa near Reate, where he was born, and to which he would never add any embellishment; ne quid scilicet oculorum consuetudini deperiret.

From Poems by Rogers, Samuel

Heinsius further suggested deleting est from the preceding scilicet eiusdem est 'cum tribus libris', but the change in number does not seem unduly harsh.

From The Last Poems of Ovid by Akrigg, Mark Bear

The paradox is restated below in regard to individuation.146.Materia ... dupliciter accipitur, scilicet, ut signata et non signata.

From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter

Vbi scilicet domi in foco montano delitescere piget, & exire, pelagúsque sed sine rate, tentare iuuat, seseque in glaciei frustella colligere.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01 by Hakluyt, Richard

At Highworth, at the signe of the Bull, at one Hartwells, I have been credibly enformed is to be seen a scull of-a vast bignesse, scilicet half as big again as an ordinary one.

From The Natural History of Wiltshire by Aubrey, John