Meaning

3 senses
  1. (not comparable)Namely, to wit, as follows.

  2. (not comparable)Done in the appropriate place within a jurisdiction for the documented act.

  3. (not comparable)Used parenthetically to supply information which is not given in the portion of text being quoted, but is clearly given by its context, such as for quoted pronouns with unquoted antecedents.

Origin

Borrowed from Latin scīlicet.

Borrowed from Latin scīlicet.

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