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A.Word.A.Day--identic

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This week's theme: words about diplomacy.

identic (eye-DEN-tik) adjective

1. Relating to a diplomatic action in which two or more governments agree to follow the same course in relations with another government.

2. Identical.

[From Latin identicus (identical).]

-Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org)

"The Ottoman response of the same day ... led the ambassadors to forward an identic note pressuring the Ottoman government." M. Sukru Hanioglu; Preparation for a Revolution; Oxford University Press; 2001.

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