sic

Definition of Sic in English :

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Verb

1. set, sic

urge to attack someone

Example Sentences:
'The owner sicked his dogs on the intruders'
'the shaman sics sorcerers on the evil spirits'

set

Adverb

2. sic

intentionally so written (used after a printed word or phrase)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sic

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determiner, adverb

a Scot word for such

adverb

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

verbWord forms: sics, sicking or sicked (transitive)

1.

to turn on or attack: used only in commands, as to a dog

2.

to urge (a dog) to attack

Sic

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adjective

Scottish

such

verb transitiveWord forms: sicced or sicked, ˈsiccing or ˈsicking

1.

to set upon; pursue and attack

said esp. of or to a dog

2.

to urge or incite to attack

to sic a dog on someone

adverb

thus; so

used within brackets, [sic], to show that a quoted passage, esp. one containing some error or something questionable, is precisely reproduced

Sic

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adv.

Thus; so. Used to indicate that a quoted passage, especially one containing an error or unconventional spelling, has been retained in its original form or written intentionally.

tr.v. sicced, sic·cing, sics also sicked or sick·ing or sicks

1. To set upon; attack.

2. To urge or incite to hostile action; set: sicced the dogs on the intruders.

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