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==Etymology==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French licence, from [[Latin]] licentia, from licent-, licens, present participle of licēre to be permitted
*Date: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Century 14th century]
==Definitions==
*1 a : permission to [[act]]
:b : [[freedom]] of [[action]]
*2 a : a permission granted by competent [[authority]] to engage in a [[business]] or occupation or in an activity otherwise unlawful
:b : a [[document]], plate, or tag evidencing a license granted
:c : a grant by the holder of a [[copyright]] or patent to another of any of the rights embodied in the copyright or patent short of an assignment of all rights
*3 a : [[freedom]] that allows or is used with irresponsibility
:b : disregard for [[standards]] of [[personal]] [[Behavior|conduct]] : licentiousness
*4 : deviation from [[fact]], form, or rule by an artist or writer for the sake of the effect gained
synonyms see [[freedom]]— licensed adjective
[[Category: General Reference]]
==Etymology==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French licence, from [[Latin]] licentia, from licent-, licens, present participle of licēre to be permitted
*Date: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Century 14th century]
==Definitions==
*1 a : permission to [[act]]
:b : [[freedom]] of [[action]]
*2 a : a permission granted by competent [[authority]] to engage in a [[business]] or occupation or in an activity otherwise unlawful
:b : a [[document]], plate, or tag evidencing a license granted
:c : a grant by the holder of a [[copyright]] or patent to another of any of the rights embodied in the copyright or patent short of an assignment of all rights
*3 a : [[freedom]] that allows or is used with irresponsibility
:b : disregard for [[standards]] of [[personal]] [[Behavior|conduct]] : licentiousness
*4 : deviation from [[fact]], form, or rule by an artist or writer for the sake of the effect gained
synonyms see [[freedom]]— licensed adjective
[[Category: General Reference]]
