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Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Specie

Spe′ci·e (spē′shĭ·̇), abl. of L. species sort, kind. Used in the phrase in specie, that is, in sort, in kind, in (its own) form.

"[The king] expects a return in specie from them" [i. e., kindness for kindness]. Dryden.

In specie (Law), in precise or definite form; specifically; according to the exact terms; of the very thing.

Spe′cie (spē′shĭ), n. [Formed as a singular from species, in sense 5.] Coin; hard money.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Noah Porter, editor (Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913). Public domain. Text as transcribed by MICRA, Inc., from Project Gutenberg. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: Greek, which our source spelled in Latin letters, set in Greek letters; entries of one spelling merged into one article; Greek words our source left out (shown as “?”), read from the 1898 printing, from the same plates (the Library of Congress’s copy), where the place could be found with certainty.