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”; licit ( def. )
Vocabulary lists containing videlicet
Example Sentences
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Ideo ipsi et plegii sui de prosequendo in misericordia videlicet Adam atte Gates, Henricus de Blafeld et Eustachius Hose de eadem.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul
Why do I wear breeches and a cocked hat—when I am abroad, videlicet?
From Dreamers of the Ghetto by Zangwill, Israel
Uerum ipsos qui nobiscum contra hostes publicos, Riganum videlicet et Mitunnum Fol.
From Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by Chambers, R. W.
Meminerint legum conditores, illas ad proximum hunc finem accommodare; Scelera videlicet arcenda, refr�nandaque vitia ac morum pravitatem.
From A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis Containing a Detail of the Various Crimes and Misdemeanors by which Public and Private Property and Security are, at Present, Injured and Endangered: and Suggesting Remedies for their Prevention by Colquhoun, Patrick
Junii videlicet feria iiijta ante pentecosten inmediate post nonam erat terre motus magnus per totam Angliam.
From A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483 Written in the Fifteenth Century, and for the First Time Printed from MSS. in the British Museum by Nicolas, Nicholas Harris, Sir
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