Both Uses of
sic
in
Love Medicine
- "Get out of here"—I grabbed the girl—"before I sic the dogs on you."†
p. 85.9 *
- I stopped my ears and sicced the dogs on him.†
p. 278.8
Definitions:
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(1)
(sic as in: "feel grate" (sic)) indicates that a word or phrase that looks incorrect, is as it should be
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(2)
(sic as in: sic the dog) urge attack of
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly, sic is used as a word in various Latin phrases to mean "in this way," or "thus," or "so."
For example:
Sic semper tyrannis -- "Thus always to tyrants"