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scili·cet (sil′i set′)

adverb

namely; to wit; that is to say

Etymology: ME < L, contr. of scire licet, it is permitted to know: see science & license

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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