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videlicet

Postby William Hupy » Fri Sep 18, 2015 10:16 am

Why is this abbreviated as viz.?
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Re: videlic

Postby Perry Lassiter » Sun Sep 20, 2015 12:40 pm

Wikipedia has a good discussion it won't let me copy. In short, the z in the abbreviation stands for a medieval character that is shorhand for -et. The phrase translates as permitted to see. Differs from i.e. in referring to things previously said.
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