Meanings
alternative viz. · alternative vizt. · alternative vid. · alternative videl.
- not comparableNamely, to wit, that is to say (used when clarifying or naming the preceding item or topic)
Videlicet,a Brothell, or ſo forth.
c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]1 more example
—[…]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.
1993, Anthony Burgess, A Dead Man in Deptford, →ISBNSynonyms: namely
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbNamely, to wit, that is to say (used when clarifying or naming the preceding item or topic)
More synonyms by meaning
adverbas follows
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Origin
- Latinvidēlicet
- Englishvidelicet
Borrowed from Latin vidēlicet, which itself is a contraction of vidēre licet, meaning "it is permitted to see".
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