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==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
[https://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 | [https://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 | ||
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==Definitions== | ==Definitions== | ||
*1 a : permission to [[act]] | *1 a : permission to [[act]] | ||
Latest revision as of 01:28, 13 December 2020
Etymology
Middle English, from Anglo-French licence, from Latin licentia, from licent-, licens, present participle of licēre to be permitted
- Date: 14th century
Definitions
- 1 a : permission to act
- 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
- 4 : deviation from fact, form, or rule by an artist or writer for the sake of the effect gained
synonyms see freedom— licensed adjective
