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© 14Nov38; AF41642 Leon Gruc [*sic*] (A); 17Nov65; R373643 GRODIN, ADAMS JOHN All the year round.

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  1. adverb 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.
  2. transitive verb To set upon; attack.
  3. transitive verb To urge or incite to hostile action; set: sicced the dogs on the intruders.

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  1. Latin sīc; see so- in Indo-European roots.
  2. Dialectal variant of seek.

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  1. Latin sic, Old Latin seic, sice, so, thus, from si, locative form of pron. stem sa, that, + -ce, a demonstrative suffix.
 

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