[sik] 
[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). |
[seek; Eng. sik] | 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). |
| Standard Industrial Classification: a system used by the federal government to classify business activities for analytical and reporting purposes. |
| 1. | Sicilian. |
| 2. | Sicily. |
| sic 1 (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.] |
| sic 2 also sick (sĭk) tr.v. sicced also sicked, sic·cing also sick·ing, sics also sicks
[Dialectal variant of seek.] |
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
| SIC standard industry classification |
