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videlicet

[ wi-dey-li-ket; English vi-del-uh-sit ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adverb

, Latin.

that is to say; namely (used especially to introduce examples, details, etc.): : viz., viz
It happened two days after, videlicet the 14th of June.

videlicet

/ vɪˈdiːlɪˌsɛt /

First recorded in 1450–1500; from vidēlicet, shortening of vidēre licet “it is permitted to see; it is plain to see, evidently”; licit ( def )

C15: from Latin

In the words of the motto on my title, the first in this plot was Lucifer—videlicet, the Father of Lies!

Qui regni post se reliquit haeredes Frothi videlicet & Haldanum.

Illa petiit quod Sabini in sinistris manibus gererent, videlicet aureos anulos et armillas.

Ejusdem Bachonis fragmenta qudam; videlicet, de multiplicatione et corruptione specierum.

Alchimica; videlicet tres tractatus alchimici, Volvi lapidem, &c.— De quinta essentia Mercurii.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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