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id est

adverb as in that is to say

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

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

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

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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