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As an adverb sic

is thus; thus written.

As a verb sic

is to mark with a bracketed sic.

As a noun sig is

a signature, usually when used as a digital signature on emails.

sic

English

(wikipedia sic)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Adverb

(-)
  • thus; thus written
  • Usage notes
    The word sic may be used in brackets to show that an uncommon or archaic]] usage is reported faithfully: for instance, quoting the [[:w:United States Constitution, U.S. Constitution: : The House of Representatives shall chuse [sic ] their Speaker ... It may also be used to highlight a perceived error, sometimes for the purpose of ridicule, as in this example from : : Warehouse has been around for 30 years and has 263 stores, suggesting a large fan base. The chain sums up its appeal thus: "styley [sic], confident, sexy, glamorous, edgy, clean and individual, with it's [sic] finger on the fashion pulse."'>citation Since it is not an abbreviation, it does not require a following period.
    See also
    * shurely shome mishtake (A jocular alternative to sic.)

    Verb

    (sicc)
  • To mark with a bracketed sic."sic, adv. (and n.)" Oxford English Dictionary , Second Edition 1989. Oxford University Press.
  • E. Belfort Bax wrote "... the modern reviewer's taste is not really shocked by half the things he sics or otherwise castigates."''E. Belfort Bax. '' On Some Forms of Modern Cant . Commonweal: 7 May 1887. Marxists’ Internet Archive: 14 Jan. 2006

    Etymology 2

    Variant of (seek).

    Alternative forms

    * sick

    Verb

    (sicc)
  • To incite an attack by, especially a dog or dogs.
  • He sicced his dog on me!
  • To set upon; to chase; to attack.
  • Sic 'em, Mitzi.
    Usage notes
    * The sense of "set upon" is most commonly used as an imperative, in a command to an animal.

    References

    Anagrams

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    sig

    English

    Etymology 1

    A shortened form of (m).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) A signature, usually when used as a digital signature on emails.
  • * 1995 , Vince Emery, How to grow your business on the Internet
  • Your sig should ideally be four or five lines long, six or seven at the maximum. Since it will be repeated on hundreds of messages, a long signature wastes bandwidth and is therefore rude.
    Derived terms
    * sigblock * sigfile * siggy * sigless

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) . Compare West Frisian sege, Dutch zege, German Sieg, Danish sejr, Swedish seger.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A victory, triumph
  • Etymology 3

    Related to .

    Noun

    (-)
  • (UK, dialectal) Urine.