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videlicet

adverb

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /vɪˈdɛlɪsɛt/

adv

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin vidēlicet, which itself is a contraction of vidēre licet, meaning "it is permitted to see".

  1. Namely, to wit, that is to say (used when clarifying or naming the preceding item or topic)

    Videlicet,a Brothell, or ſo forth.

    —[…]My father did speak much of the day he was not speedily to forget, videlicet May Day of 1517, when there was great apprentice rioting against insolent foreigners.