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sic

1 [sik]

–verb (used with object), sicked or sicced [sikt]

, sick⋅ing or sic⋅cing.

1.	to attack (used esp. in commanding a dog): Sic 'em!

2.	to incite to attack (usually fol. by on).

Also, sick.

Origin:
1835–45; var. of seek

sic

2 [sik]

–adjective Chiefly Scot.

such.

Origin:
1325–75; ME (north and Scots); see such

sic

[seek; Eng. sik]

–adverb Latin.

so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: He signed his name as e. e. cummings (sic).

SIC

U.S. Government.

Standard Industrial Classification: a system used by the federal government to classify business activities for analytical and reporting purposes.

Sic.

Sicilian.

Sicily.

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sic¹ (sĭk)

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.

[Latin sīc; see so- in Indo-European roots.]

sic² also sick (sĭk)

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

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

[Dialectal variant of seek.]

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Sic

Sic\, a. Such. [Scot.]

Sic

Sic\, adv. [L.] Thus.

Note: This word is sometimes inserted in a quotation [sic], to call attention to the fact that some remarkable or inaccurate expression, misspelling, or the like, is literally reproduced.

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sic

A Latin word for “thus,” used to indicate that an apparent error is part of quoted material and not an editorial mistake: “The learned geographer asserts that ‘the capital of the United States is Washingtown [sic].’”

sic

1887, insertion in printed quotation to call attention to error in the original, from L. sic "so, thus," related to si "if," from PIE base *so- "this, that" (cf. O.E. sio "she").

SIC

See Securities Information Center.
See standard industrial classification system.

SIC
standard industry classification

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