scilicet

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
15
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈsɪlɪˌsɛt/

Definition of scilicet

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. (not-comparable)Namely, to wit, as follows.
    “As in ejectment, where the declaration is of a demise the second of January, and that the defendant afterwards, scilicet, the first of January ejected him, here the scilicet may be rejected, as being contrary to what went before.”
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adv

  1. (not-comparable)Namely, to wit, as follows.
    “As in ejectment, where the declaration is of a demise the second of January, and that the defendant afterwards, scilicet, the first of January ejected him, here the scilicet may be rejected, as being contrary to what went before.”
  2. (not-comparable)Done in the appropriate place within a jurisdiction for the documented act.
  3. (not-comparable)Used parenthetically to supply information which is not given in the portion of text being quoted, but is clearly given by its context, such as for quoted pronouns with unquoted antecedents.

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin scīlicet.

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