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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Italic \I*tal"ic\, a. [L. Italicus: cf. F. italique. Cf.
{Italian}.]
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1. Relating to Italy or to its people.
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2. Applied especially to a kind of type in which the letters
do not stand upright, but slope toward the right; -- so
called because dedicated to the States of Italy by the
inventor, Aldus Manutius, about the year 1500.
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{Italic languages}, the group or family of languages of
ancient Italy.
{Italic order} (Arch.), the composite order. See {Composite}.
{Italic school}, a term given to the Pythagorean and Eleatic
philosophers, from the country where their doctrines were
first promulgated.
{Italic version}. See {Itala}.
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