sic pro
phraseEtymology From Latin sic pro (“[written] as such in place of”).
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Uncommon Used to note an error in text as quoted and to supply the supposed intended meaning
- They wrote to us, saying that they want to "make America grate [sic pro great] again".
- "Since the conferences held with the Portuguese ambassadors, some say that between the cape called of Good Hope by the Portuguese, which is on [sic pro beyond] the route they now follow to reach the Gold Mine and Guinea southward..."1897, Henry Harrisse, The Diplomatic History of America: Its First Chapter 1452-1493-1494, pages 62–63:
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