videlicet
Americanadverb
adverb
Etymology
Origin of videlicet
First recorded in 1450–1500; from vidēlicet, shortening of vidēre licet “it is permitted to see; it is plain to see, evidently”; see also licit ( def. )
Vocabulary lists containing videlicet
Example Sentences
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No one can peruse this ancient literature without seeing clearly the genesis of the Irish gods, videlicet heroes, passing, through the imagination and through the region of poetic representation, into the world of the supernatural.
From Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. by Standish O'Grady
Adv. in explanation &c. n.; that is to say, id est, videlicet, to wit, namely, in other words. literally, strictly speaking; in plain, in plainer terms, in plainer words, in plainer English; more simply.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget
"Appetiva le rape," says his good son; videlicet, he was fond of turnips.
From Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 2 by Torquato Tasso
Quod etiam illi cum Germania commune esse crediderim, quòd videlicet nec illic panis crescat, nisi fortè in Munsteri, agro, vbi etiam acetum naturale optimè crescit.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01 by Richard Hakluyt
Why do I wear breeches and a cocked hat—when I am abroad, videlicet?
From Dreamers of the Ghetto by Israel Zangwill
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