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sic

adjective

Scot. such

transitive verb sicced or sicked, siccing or sicking

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

adverb

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

See sic in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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