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scilicet

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scil⋅i⋅cet

  [sil-uh-set]
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–adverb
to wit; namely.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L scīlicet, short for scīre licet it is permitted to know
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scil·i·cet   (sĭl'ĭ-sět', skē'lĭ-kět')   
adv.   Abbr. sc. or ss.
That is to say; namely.

[Middle English, from Latin scīlicet, contraction of scīre licet, it is permitted to know : scīre, to know; see skei- in Indo-European roots + licet, third person sing. of licēre, to be permitted.]
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