FromLatinsic pro(“[written]as suchin place of”).

sic pro

1. (uncommon)Used to note an error in text as quoted and to supply the supposed intended meaning

   They wrote to us, saying that they want to "make America grate [sic pro great] again".

   • 1897, Henry Harrisse,The Diplomatic History of America: Its First Chapter 1452-1493-1494,pages62–63:

     "Since the conferences held with the Portuguese ambassadors, some say that between the cape called of Good Hope by the Portuguese, which is on [sic pro beyond] the route they now follow to reach the Gold Mine and Guinea southward..."

Similar tosic,sic pro is typically left italicized and it and the following words set off within brackets.

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