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vi⋅de⋅li⋅cet

  [wi-dey-li-ket; Eng. vi-del-uh-sit]
–adverb Latin.
that is to say; namely (used esp. to introduce examples, details, etc.). Abbreviation: viz.
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vi·del·i·cet   (vĭ-děl'ĭ-sět', vī-, wĭ-dā'lĭ-kět')   
adv.   Abbr. viz.
That is; namely. Used to introduce examples, lists, or items.

[Latin vidēlicet, contraction of vidēre licet, it is permitted to see : vidēre, to see; see vide + licet, third person sing. present tense of licēre, to be permitted.]
viz.  
abbr.  videlicet
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videlicet 
"namely, to wit," 1464, see viz.

viz. 
1540, abbreviation of videlicet "that is to say, to wit, namely" (1464), from L. videlicet, contraction of videre licet "it is permissible to see," from videre "to see" (see vision) + licet "it is allowed," third person singular present indicative of licere "be allowed." The -z- is not a letter, but originally a twirl, representing the usual M.L. shorthand symbol for the ending -et. "In reading aloud usually rendered by 'namely.' " [OED]
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viz.
Latin videlicet (that is, namely)
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