id est

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The more specific term i.e., short for the Latin id est, means “that is.”

From Literature

The initial letters are nearly always used just as we say id est = i.e.

From Project Gutenberg

Once upon a time, a lot of murphies—id est potatoes—were put in a pot together.

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Something commendable in his disposition!—id est, not an absolute ruffian.

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And it was at the purses of these that the blow would be struck—id est, at the most vital and fonder part of their beings.

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