Sic

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • ad. 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.
  • v. To set upon; attack.
  • v. To urge or incite to hostile action; set: sicced the dogs on the intruders.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • ad. thus; thus written
  • v. To incite an attack by, especially a dog or dogs.
  • v. To set upon; to chase; to attack.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Such.
  • ad. Thus.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • A Scotch form of such.
  • So; thus: a word often inserted within brackets in quoted matter after an erroneous word or date, an astonishing statement, or the like, as an assurance that the citation is an exact reproduction of the original: as, “It was easily [sic] to see that he was angry.”
  • A call to pigs or to sheep.
  • See sick.
  • n. An abbreviation of Sicilian
  • n. of Sicily.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. urge to attack someone
  • ad. intentionally so written (used after a printed word or phrase)
  • Verb Form
    sicked    sicking    sics   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    assault    assail    attack    Seton   
    Cross Reference
    sic passim   
    Variant
    sicked    sicking   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    such    thus   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Crick    Dick    Frick    Hick    Mick    Nic    Nick    Rick    Slick    Stick   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    vel    alter    anima    arborea    itur    canis    consuli    anno    moror    esto