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SIC
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Irregular inflected forms: sicked , sicking
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they sic ... he / she / it sics
Past simple: sicced
Past participle: sicced
-ing form: siccing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Urge to attack someone
Example:
the shaman sics sorcerers on the evil spirits
Synonyms:
set; sic
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "sic" is one way to...):
assail; assault; attack; set on (attack someone physically or emotionally)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something on somebody
II. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Intentionally so written (used after a printed word or phrase)
Classified under:
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