[ US /ˈsɪk/ ]
[ UK /sˈɪk/ ]
VERB
  1. urge to attack someone
    The owner sicked his dogs on the intruders
    the shaman sics sorcerers on the evil spirits
ADVERB
  1. intentionally so written (used after a printed word or phrase)
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How To Use sic In A Sentence

  • Do you really want ambient and drum'n'bass remixers stomping on your world music? Times, Sunday Times
  • Fertilization therefore results in an egg carrying a nucleus with contributions from both parents, and it was concluded that the cell nucleus must contain the physical basis of heredity.
  • Gone was the prim nodus; instead her long hair was parted in the center and allowed to fall loose under a veil, in a deliberate echo of the statuary poses of classical goddesses. Caesars’ Wives
  • The affinities between music and poetry have been familiar since antiquity, though they are largely ignored in the current intellectual climate.
  • The main square is called “Rynek” (which basically means “central market place”), and in the middle there are two buildings: “Ratusz” or City Hall (compare with German “Rathaus”) and “Sukiennice”, a long one-level building not unlike a bazaar, filled with stores. Matthew Yglesias » Krakow
  • They will also force schools to put more emphasis on teaching basic subjects.
  • A substantial element of the system is the set of physical exercises performed in pairs and again based on the idea of the power of co-operation.
  • Of all types of commercially based American music, jazz is the one that has most consistently fostered musical artistry on a high level.
  • He literally danced his music into being, conducting his bass players, drummers and horn section with his hips.
  • It's that last part Buckley is singing about, but he probably should have considered penning a few lines to himself regarding the "musician gone too soon" part.
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