sic

Universal Words adverb, verb adverb (from Latin) written after a word that you have copied from somewhere, to show that you know that the word is wrongly spelled or wrong in some other way: In the letter to parents it said: 'The school is proud of it's [sic] record of excellence'. verb (-cc-) [VN] (AmE, informal) to attack sb: Sic him, Duke! (= said to a dog) PHRASALVERBS sic sth on sb (informal) to tell a dog to attack sb