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namely; that is to say, used to introduce a clarification or list
The expedition required three specialists, viz. a geologist, a botanist, and a surveyor.
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An abbreviation of Latin videlicet ("namely; that is to say"), formed from videre ("to see") and licet ("it is permitted"). The final z reflects a medieval scribal abbreviation rather than the Latin spelling.