identic

[ ahy-den-tik, ih-den- ]

adjective

1. identical.
2. Diplomacy. (of action, notes, etc.) identical in form, as when two or more governments deal simultaneously with another government.

identic

/ aɪˈdɛntɪk /

adjective

1. diplomacy (esp of opinions expressed by two or more governments) having the same wording or intention regarding another power

   identic notes

2. an obsolete word for identical

Word History and Origins

Origin of identic¹

1640–50; < Medieval Latin identicus the same, equivalent to Late Latin ident ( itās ) identity + -icus -ic

Example Sentences

An identic faith, a common act of adoration, not merely brings souls together: it makes them live in each other, blends them into one soul in which each of them finds itself, multiplied, as it were, by all the rest.

From Project Gutenberg

Each prophet enters into the conflict and utters his cry of battle and reform as if he were alone, responsible only to the God who has sent him, and yet all of them succeed each other and pursue the same design, because they are all obedient to the same identic inspiration.

From Project Gutenberg

Haggard and lone, they gaze at Death unbeaten, Like grim old wolves, the hieratic sick; Life and its days identic they have eaten, Their hate, their fate, diseases clustering thick.

From Project Gutenberg

We have sent identic notes to all the powers concerned asking them to move to abolish extraterritoriality as soon as possible.

From Time Magazine Archive

They bear importantly on the strained relations between Washington and Moscow, relations which creaked last week when Statesman Stimson politely reminded Russia and China in identic notes of their obligation under the Kellogg Pact not to fight, only to be told by Comrade Litvinov with blazing scorn to mind his business.

From Time Magazine Archive