sic (sik) verb tr. To incite to attack, especially as a command to dog: "Sic 'em!"
[Variant of seek.] adverb Thus; so. (Used after an incorrect or unusual word or phrase to indicate that it has been quoted verbatim.) [From Latin sic.] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=sic "Richard Nixon promised to 'bring us together' and sicced Spiro Agnew and Chuck Colson on his enemies. " Tom Blackburn; Campaigns Effectively Push the Negatives; The Palm Beach Post (West Palm Beach, Florida); Nov 1, 2004. "The man accused of siccing the animal on him, was arrested Wednesday." Ian Demsky; Man Says Mix-up at Party Led to Dog Attack; The Tennessean (Nashville, Tennessee); Nov 5, 2004. This week's theme: short words. Sponsored by: Give an awesome stocking stuffer: Crazy Aaron's Thinking Putty! Friends and family adore its fun colors and adult-sized handfuls: http://puttyworld.com Derivation, a fascinating game about word and phrase origins. A great gift! http://entspire.com or http://amazon.com/o/ASIN/B00005BTB8/entspire-20 Remember when you had all the answers? You can again with mental_floss magazine. Check out mental_floss on the web at http://mentalfloss.com ............................................................................ The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none. -Thomas Carlyle, writer (1795-1881) What to give to the person who has everything? Give the gift of words. Here is a gift that keeps on giving. To enter a gift subscription of A.Word.A.Day, please visit http://wordsmith.org/awad/gift.html To subscribe yourself, use http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscribe.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/sic.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/sic.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/sic.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
