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vi·del·i·cet       (vĭ-děl'ĭ-sět', vī-, wĭ-dā'lĭ-kět')  Pronunciation Key 
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.]

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viz.  
abbr.   videlicet

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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.

adverb
as follows [syn: namely

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