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sic

1
or sick

[ sik ]

verb (used with object)

sicced or sicked [sikt],siccing or sicking
  1. to attack (used especially in commanding a dog):

    Sic 'em!

  2. to incite to attack (usually followed by on ).


sic

2

[ sik ]

adjective

, Chiefly Scot.
  1. such.

sic

3

[ seek; English sik ]

adverb

, Latin.
  1. so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim:

    He signed his name as e. e. cummings (sic).

SIC

4
U.S. Government.
  1. Standard Industrial Classification: a system used by the federal government to classify business activities for analytical and reporting purposes.

Sic.

5

abbreviation for

  1. Sicilian.
  2. Sicily.

sic

1

/ sɪk /

determiner

  1. a Scot word for such
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


sic

2

/ sɪk /

adverb

  1. so or thus: inserted in brackets in a written or printed text to indicate that an odd or questionable reading is what was actually written or printed
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

sic

3

/ sɪk /

verb

  1. to turn on or attack: used only in commands, as to a dog
  2. to urge (a dog) to attack
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

sic

  1. A Latin word for “thus,” used to indicate that an apparent error is part of quoted material and not an editorial mistake: “The learned geographer asserts that ‘the capital of the United States is Washingtown [ sic ].’”


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Word History and Origins

Origin of sic1

First recorded in 1835–45; variant of seek

Origin of sic2

First recorded in 1400–50; Middle English (north and Scots); such

Origin of sic3

First recorded in 1885–90; from Latin sīc
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sic1

Latin

Origin of sic2

C19: dialect variant of seek
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Example Sentences

Leapolitan responded by saying, “hopefully youll [sic] bite into a poison apple.”

“The institution of marraige [sic] is under attack in our society and it needs to be strengthened,” Bush wrote.

They mention that a former cia agent and someone who used to work for Hilary [sic] Clinton looked at the script.

Then Pascal responds (in all caps) with, “BUT WE DIDNT WIN A D [sic] YOU KNOW HIM.”

“Bare [sic] with me on vlogmas,” she told her fans in a Tweet.

Title—And next folowyng begynnith an amerowse compleynte made at wyndesore in the laste May tofore Novembre (sic).

Mists or hoar frosts on the tenth of March betokens (sic) a plentiful year, but not without some diseases.

Sic utere tuo ut alienum non la is not merely a legal maxim, but it is a grand doctrine of life.

Efter hearin' him, it fair knocked the stories on the heid aboot him bein' oot to smash the hame, an' religion an' sic like.

Dammit, hae ye nae common sense, swearin' an' jokin' about sic a thing!

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