Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to sic
Participle: sicced
Gerund: siccing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | sic |
| you | sic |
| he;she;it | sics |
| we | sic |
| you | sic |
| they | sic |
Perfect
| I | have sicced |
| you | have sicced |
| he;she;it | has sicced |
| we | have sicced |
| you | have sicced |
| they | have sicced |
Past
| I | sicced |
| you | sicced |
| he;she;it | sicced |
| we | sicced |
| you | sicced |
| they | sicced |
Pluperfect
| I | had sicced |
| you | had sicced |
| he;she;it | had sicced |
| we | had sicced |
| you | had sicced |
| they | had sicced |
Future
| I | will sic |
| you | will sic |
| he;she;it | will sic |
| we | will sic |
| you | will sic |
| they | will sic |
Future Perfect
| I | will have sicced |
| you | will have sicced |
| he;she;it | will have sicced |
| we | will have sicced |
| you | will have sicced |
| they | will have sicced |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | sic |
| you | sic |
| he;she;it | sic |
| we | sic |
| you | sic |
| they | sic |
Perfect
| I | have sicced |
| you | have sicced |
| he;she;it | have sicced |
| we | have sicced |
| you | have sicced |
| they | have sicced |
Imperfect
| I | sicced |
| you | sicced |
| he;she;it | sicced |
| we | sicced |
| you | sicced |
| they | sicced |
Pluperfect
| I | had sicced |
| you | had sicced |
| he;she;it | had sicced |
| we | had sicced |
| you | had sicced |
| they | had sicced |
Conditional
Present
| I | would sic |
| you | would sic |
| he;she;it | would sic |
| we | would sic |
| you | would sic |
| they | would sic |
Perfect
| I | would have sicced |
| you | would have sicced |
| he;she;it | would have sicced |
| we | would have sicced |
| you | would have sicced |
| they | would have sicced |
Imperative
| you | sic |
| we | Let's sic |
| you | sic |
Verbs conjugated like 'sic'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'sic'
sib,
sick,
sie,
sin,
sip,
sir,
sit,
tic,
aid,
aik,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin sīc (“thus, so”).
Sample Sentences
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The fact is, of course, that the modern reviewer’s taste is not really shocked by half the things he sics or otherwise castigates, but he must find something to say and above all make a slow of purism. [1887 May 7, E. Belfort Bax, “On Some Forms of Modern Cant”, in Commonweal:]