| Definitions | viz. adverb
- (dated) namely, as follows, that is to say
- (rfdate) Infantry " First Regiment, " composed of eight companies, viz: Company A, W. C. Allen, " (The Vigilance Committee of "56, James O"Meara)
Translations: - Dutch: nl., t.t.z. (italbrac, Belgium)
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Etymology: From videlicet "that is to say, namely", short for videre licet "it is permissible to see, it is allowed to see". The z is originally not a letter but the usual Middle Latin twirl that was used as a shorthand symbol for the ending -et.
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