scil.

American  

abbreviation

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

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Etymology

Origin of scil.

From the Latin word scīlicet, contraction of scīre licet “it is permitted to know”

Example Sentences

In iustificatione duplex caritas nobis datur, scil. creata et increata: illa quâ diligimus, et illa quâ diligimur....

From Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise by Preuss, Arthur

The word avatār means 'descent', scil. of the Deity to earth, and covers more than the term 'incarnation'.

From Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official by Sleeman, William

After the expulsion of the sea by this famous Saint, scil.:

From The Life of St. Declan of Ardmore by Power, P. (Patrick)

I shall always translate it by "he deprecated" scil. evil to the person addressed.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 15 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Exigitur autem ad remissionem peccati mortalis perfectior poenitentia, ut scil. homo actualiter pecoatum mortale commissum detestetur, quantum in ipso est, ut scil. diligentiam adhibeat ad memorandum singula peccata mortalia, ut singula detestetur.

From Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise by Preuss, Arthur