scil.
Americanabbreviation
Etymology
Origin of scil.
From the Latin word scīlicet, contraction of scīre licet “it is permitted to know”
Example Sentences
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Of this same race of Eoghan was the holy bishop Declan of whom I shall speak later scil.:
From The Life of St. Declan of Ardmore by P. (Patrick) Power
They got land from him, scil.: the Decies of Munster, and it is to that race, i.e. the race of Eoghan Mac Fiacha Suighde that the kings and country of the Decies belong ever since.
From The Life of St. Declan of Ardmore by P. (Patrick) Power
Declan however had two uterine brothers, sons of Aongus, scil.:
From The Life of St. Declan of Ardmore by P. (Patrick) Power
The following night, Fintan lay with his wife and she conceived and brought forth twin sons, scil.:
From The Life of St. Declan of Ardmore by P. (Patrick) Power
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 Sir Richard Francis Burton
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