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sic [ sik ]


adverb 
Definition:
 
thus or so: thus or so, used within brackets to indicate that what precedes it is written intentionally or is copied verbatim from the original, even if it appears to be a mistake

[Late 19th century. < Latin]

sic passim used to indicate that a word or term is used in the same form throughout a printed work

sic transit gloria mundi "thus passes the glory of the world," used, e.g. when a distinguished person dies or an important era comes to an end

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