Definition of license

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License (n.) Authority or liberty given to do or forbear any act; especially, a formal permission from the proper authorities to perform certain acts or to carry on a certain business, which without such permission would be illegal; a grant of permission; as, a license to preach, to practice medicine, to sell gunpowder or intoxicating liquors..

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License :: License (n.) Authority or liberty given to do or forbear any act; especially, a formal permission from the proper authorities to perform certain acts or to carry on a certain business, which without such permission would be illegal; a grant of permission; as, a license to preach, to practice medicine, to sell gunpowder or intoxicating liquors..
Coxcomb :: Coxcomb (n.) A strip of red cloth notched like the comb of a cock, which licensed jesters formerly wore in their caps..
Mark :: Mark (n.) A license of reprisals. See Marque.
Imprimatur :: Imprimatur (n.) A license to print or publish a book, paper, etc.; also, in countries subjected to the censorship of the press, approval of that which is published..
Give :: Give (n.) To grant power or license to; to permit; to allow; to license; to commission.
Publican :: Publican (n.) The keeper of an inn or public house; one licensed to retail beer, spirits, or wine..
Freedom :: Freedom (n.) Improper familiarity; violation of the rules of decorum; license.
Licensee :: Licensee (n.) The person to whom a license is given.
Probationer :: Probationer (n.) A student in divinity, who, having received certificates of good morals and qualifications from his university, is admitted to several trials by a presbytery, and, on acquitting himself well, is licensed to preach..
Allow :: Allow (v. t.) To grant license to; to permit; to consent to; as, to allow a son to be absent..
Arrentation :: Arrentation () A letting or renting, esp. a license to inclose land in a forest with a low hedge and a ditch, under a yearly rent..
Revoke :: Revoke (v. t.) Hence, to annul, by recalling or taking back; to repeal; to rescind; to cancel; to reverse, as anything granted by a special act; as, , to revoke a will, a license, a grant, a permission, a law, or the like..
Licentiate :: Licentiate (v. t.) To give a license to.
Bandon :: Bandon (n.) Disposal; control; license.
Weighmaster :: Weighmaster (n.) One whose business it is to weigh ore, hay, merchandise, etc.; one licensed as a public weigher..
Effrenation :: Effrenation (n.) Unbridled license; unruliness.
Run :: Run (n.) The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by license of the proprietor of a mine or by the nature of the formation; also, the direction which a vein of ore or other substance takes..
License :: License (v. t.) To permit or authorize by license; to give license to; as, to license a man to preach..
License :: License (n.) Excess of liberty; freedom abused, or used in contempt of law or decorum; disregard of law or propriety..
Limiter :: Limiter (n.) A friar licensed to beg within certain bounds, or whose duty was limited to a certain district..
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