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  • abbreviation videlicet

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  • adverb namely, that is to say, as follows, specifically, as an illustration.

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From Latin videlicet ("that is to say, namely"), short for videre licet ("it is permitted to see "). The ‘z’ was originally not a letter but a common Middle Latin scribal abbreviation that was used for -et, specifically a Tironian note. The symbol resembled ‘z’, or rather 3 and Ȝ, and hence is thus represented in type. Compare ⁊, the Tironian symbol for Latin et ("and") (in isolation, not as suffix).

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