"Italic" is a word in ENGLISH
Relating to Italy or to its people.
An Italic letter, character, or type (see Italic, a., 2.);
-- often in the plural; as, the Italics are the author's. Italic
letters are used to distinguish words for emphasis, importance,
antithesis, etc. Also, collectively, Italic letters.
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.
Modern agriculture has been accurately described as a way of turning oil into food. As the price of oil continues to rise, so will the price of food.
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The first letter of the English and of many other alphabets. The capital A of the alphabets of Middle and …
Read the complete definitionTo print in Italic characters; to underline written letters or words with a single line; as, to Italicize a word; …
Read the complete definitionUpright; erect; -- said of the letters or kind of type ordinarily used, as distinguished from Italic characters.
Read the complete definitionRoman type, letters, or print, collectively; -- in distinction from Italics.
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