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The definition of sic is to command a dog to start an attack.

(verb)

To command a dog to get a burglar is an example of sic: Sic the dog on the burglar.

Sic is defined as thus or so, and is used in writing within brackets [sic] to show that a word or statement was copied exactly as originally said or written.

(adverb)

The copied Twitter account posting with lots of spelling and grammar mistakes is an example of something that would be followed with [sic].

See sic in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

Scot. such

transitive verb sicced or sicked, siccing or sicking

to set upon; pursue and attack: said esp. of or to a dog
to urge or incite to attack: to sic a dog on someone

Origin: var. of seek

adverb

thus; so: used within brackets, [sic], to show that a quoted passage, esp. one containing some error or something questionable, is precisely reproduced

Origin: L

See sic in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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.

Origin:

Origin: Latin sīc; see so- in Indo-European roots

also sick

transitive verb sicced sicced also sicked, sic·cing also sick·ing, sics also sicks