Word Study
scilicet
CIDE DICTIONARY
scilicet, adv. [L., fr. scire licet you may know.].
To wit; namely; videlicet; -- often abbreviated to sc., or ss. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
scilicet, adv. to wit; that is to say; namely (introducing a word to be supplied or an explanation of an ambiguity).
Etymology
ME f. L, = scire licet one is permitted to know
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