scil.
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abbreviation
to wit; namely (used especially on legal documents, as an affidavit, pleading, etc., to verify the place of action).
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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.
Origin of scil.
From the Latin word scīlicet, contraction of scīre licet “it is permitted to know”
Words nearby scil.
scientist, scientistic, scientize, Scientology, sci-fi, scil., scilicet, Scilla, scillism, Scillonian, Scilly Isles
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