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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  License \Li"cense\ (l[imac]"sens), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     Licensed (l[imac]"senst); p. pr. & vb. n. Licensing.]
     To permit or authorize by license; to give license to; as, to
     license a man to preach. --Milton. --Shak.
  
     Syn: licence, certify. [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  License \Li"cense\ (l[imac]"sens), n. [Written also licence.]
     [F. licence, L. licentia, fr. licere to be permitted, prob.
     orig., to be left free to one; akin to linquere to leave. See
     Loan, and cf. Illicit, Leisure.]
     1. 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              To have a license and a leave at London to dwell.
                                                    --P. Plowman.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. The document granting such permission. --Addison.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Excess of liberty; freedom abused, or used in contempt of
        law or decorum; disregard of law or propriety.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              License they mean when they cry liberty. --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. That deviation from strict fact, form, or rule, in which
        an artist or writer indulges, assuming that it will be
        permitted for the sake of the advantage or effect gained;
        as, poetic license; grammatical license, etc.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: Leave; liberty; permission.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  License \Li"cense\ (l[imac]"sens), n. [Written also licence.]
     [F. licence, L. licentia, fr. licere to be permitted, prob.
     orig., to be left free to one; akin to linquere to leave. See
     Loan, and cf. Illicit, Leisure.]
     1. 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.
  
              To have a license and a leave at London to dwell.
                                                    --P. Plowman.
  
     2. The document granting such permission. --Addison.
  
     3. Excess of liberty; freedom abused, or used in contempt of
        law or decorum; disregard of law or propriety.
  
              License they mean when they cry liberty. --Milton.
  
     4. That deviation from strict fact, form, or rule, in which
        an artist or writer indulges, assuming that it will be
        permitted for the sake of the advantage or effect gained;
        as, poetic license; grammatical license, etc.
  
     Syn: Leave; liberty; permission.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  License \Li"cense\ (l[imac]"sens), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     Licensed (l[imac]"senst); p. pr. & vb. n. Licensing.]
     To permit or authorize by license; to give license to; as, to
     license a man to preach. --Milton. Shak.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  license
       n 1: a legal document giving official permission to do something
            [syn: licence, permit]
       2: freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable
          rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)
          [syn: licence]
       3: excessive freedom; lack of due restraint; "when liberty
          becomes license dictatorship is near"- Will Durant; "the
          intolerable license with which the newspapers break...the
          rules of decorum"- Edmund Burke [syn: licence]
       4: the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
          [syn: permission, permit]
       v : authorize officially; "I am licensed to practice law in this
           state" [syn: licence, certify] [ant: decertify]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  license
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 η άδεια, το έγγραφο που σου επιτρέπει να κάνεις κάτι
     2 (ετ λγσμ en) άδεια (χρήσης λογισμικού)
     Αγγλικά vb.
     1 η άδεια, το έγγραφο που σου επιτρέπει να κάνεις κάτι
     2 (ετ λγσμ en) άδεια (χρήσης λογισμικού)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  license
     n.
     1 A legal document giving official permission to do something; a
  permit.
     2 The legal terms under which a person is allowed to use a product,
  especially software.
     3 freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or
  practices (especially in behaviour or speech).
     4 excessive freedom; lack of due restraint.
     5 (short for en driver's license)
     vb.
     1 To authorize officially.
     2 (lb en transitive) (ngd: (applied to a piece of intellectual
  property))
     3 # To give formal authorization to use.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  license
     n.
     1 A legal document giving official permission to do something; a
  permit.
     2 The legal terms under which a person is allowed to use a product,
  especially software.
     3 freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or
  practices (especially in behaviour or speech).
     4 excessive freedom; lack of due restraint.
     5 (short for en driver's license)
     vb.
     1 To authorize officially.
     2 (lb en transitive) (ngd: (applied to a piece of intellectual
  property))
     3 # To give formal authorization to use.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  license
     n.
     1 A legal document giving official permission to do something; a
  permit.
     2 The legal terms under which a person is allowed to use a product,
  especially software.
     3 freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or
  practices (especially in behaviour or speech).
     4 excessive freedom; lack of due restraint.
     5 (short for en driver's license)
     vb.
     1 To authorize officially.
     2 (lb en transitive) (ngd: (applied to a piece of intellectual
  property))
     3 # To give formal authorization to use.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  license
     n.
     1 A legal document giving official permission to do something; a
  permit.
     2 The legal terms under which a person is allowed to use a product,
  especially software.
     3 freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or
  practices (especially in behaviour or speech).
     4 excessive freedom; lack of due restraint.
     5 (short for en driver's license)
     vb.
     1 To authorize officially.
     2 (lb en transitive) (ngd: (applied to a piece of intellectual
  property))
     3 # To give formal authorization to use.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  license
     Englanti n.
     (vaiht-kirj en am licence)
     Englanti vb.
     lisensoida, lisensioida, myöntää lisenssi, myöntää käyttöoikeus,
  antaa käyttöoikeus

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  license
     Engelska n.
     (tagg amerikansk engelska kat=media språk=en) licens
     Engelska vb.
     licensiera, bevilja licens

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  license /lˈaɪsəns/
  lisensie

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  License /lˈaɪsəns/
  الرخصة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  license //ˈlaɪsəns// 
  1. своеволие
  excessive freedom
  2. разрешително
  legal document giving official permission to do something
  3. лице́нз
  legal terms of product usage

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  license /lˈaɪsəns/
  udělit povolení

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  license /lˈaɪsəns/
   [eko] udělit povolení /licenci/

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  license /lˈaɪsəns/ 
  licence

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  license /lˈaɪsəns/
  povolení

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  license /lˈaɪsəns/ 
  trwydded 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  license /lˈaɪsəns/
   [Am.] Freiheit , Freiheiten 
           Note: Vorrechte
     Synonym: licence
  
   see: artistic licence, entrepreneurial licence
  
           Note: privileges

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  license /lˈaɪsəns/
   [Am.] Lizenz 
        "banking licence: banking license"  - Banklizenz
        "cross-license"  - gegenseitige Lizenz
        "grant a license"  - eine Lizenz erteilen
        "hold a license"  - eine Lizenz haben
     Synonym: licence
  
   see: licences, licenses, bank licence
  

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  license //ˈlaɪsəns// 
  1. vastuuttomuus
  excessive freedom
  2. vapaus
  freedom to deviate from rules
  3. lupakirja, ajokortti, kortti, valtakirja
  legal document giving official permission to do something
  4. lisenssi
  legal terms of product usage

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  license //ˈlaɪsəns// 
  1. valtuuttaa
  to authorize officially
  2. lisensioida, valtuuttaa
  to give formal authorization to use

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  license /laisns/
  licence

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  license /lˈaɪsəns/ 
  1. लाइसेंस देना
        "Having power does not license its misuse."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  license /lˈaɪsəns/
  dozvola, licencija, odobrenje

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  license /lˈaɪsəns/
  1. jogosítvány
  2. engedély
  3. felhatalmazás
  4. szabadosság
  5. koncesszió
  6. licenc

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

  license //ˈlaɪsəns// 
  lisensi
  legal document giving official permission to do something

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  license //ˈlaɪsəns// 
  1. やりたい放題, 放縦
  excessive freedom
  2. ライセンス, 免許 2.
  legal document giving official permission to do something
   3.
  legal terms of product usage

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  license /laisns/
  1. een vergunning geven
  2. licentie, vergunning
  3. vrijbrief

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  licence, license /ˈlaɪsəns/ 
   1.  licencja
   2.  koncesja
   3.  prawo jazdy, prawo
   4.  zezwolenie
   5.  abonament
   6.  under licence (:under :licence)
   - na licencji

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  license /ˈlaɪsəns/ 
    wydawać zezwolenie licencję, wydawać zezwolenie

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  license /laisns/
  licença

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  license //ˈlaɪsəns// 
  1. licens, tillstånd, tillståndshandling
  legal document giving official permission to do something
  2. licens
  legal terms of product usage

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  license //ˈlaɪsəns// 
  licensiera, tillstånd 2.
  to authorize officially
   3.
  to give formal authorization to use

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  license /lˈaɪsəns/
  1. (İng.) licence  izin, ruhsat
  2. izin tezkeresi, ruhsatname, lisans
  3. ehliyet
  4. aşırı serbestlik, çapkınlık
  5. nizama riayetsizlik
  6. yazıda ve sanatta kaidelere riayetsizlik.li- cense tax içki satışı için verilen ruhsat parası. export license ihraç ruhsatı. import license ithalât ruhsatı.

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  license /lˈaɪsəns/
  1. (İng.) Iicence  izin vermek
  2. izin tezkeresi vermek
  3. salâhiyet vermek. licensee  ruhsat sahibi.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈɫaɪsəns/

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :   [ bouvier ]

  LICENSE, contracts. A right given by some competent authority to do an act, 
  which without such authority would be illegal. The instrument or writing 
  which secures this right, is also called a license. Vide Ayl. Parerg, 353; 
  15 Vin. Ab. 92; Ang. Wat. Co. 61, 85. 
       2. A license is express or implied. An express license is one which in 
  direct terms authorizes the performance of a certain act; as a license to 
  keep a tavern given by public authority. 
       3. An implied license is one which though not expressly given, may be 
  presumed from the acts of the party having a right to give it. The following 
  are examples of such licenses: 1. When a man knocks at another's door, and 
  it is opened, the act of opening the door licenses the former to enter the 
  house for any lawful purpose. See Hob. 62. A servant is, in consequence of 
  his employment, licensed to admit to the house, those who come on his 
  master's business, but only such persons. Selw. N. P. 999; Cro. Eliz. 246. 
  It may, however, be inferred from circumstances that the servant has 
  authority to invite whom he pleases to the house, for lawful purposes. See 2 
  Greenl. Ev. Sec. 427; Entry. 
       4. A license is either a bare authority, without interest, or it is 
  coupled with an interest. 1. A bare license must be executed by the party to 
  whom it is given in person, and cannot be made over or assigned by him to 
  another; and, being without consideration, may be revoked at pleasure, as 
  long as it remains executory; 39 Hen. VI. M. 12, page 7; but when carried 
  into effect, either partially or altogether, it can only be rescinded, if in 
  its nature it will admit of revocation, by placing the other side in the 
  same situation in which he stood before he entered on its execution. 8 East, 
  R. 308; Palm. 71; S. C. Poph. 151; S. C. 2 Roll. Rep. 143, 152. 
       5.-2. When the license is coupled with an interest the authority 
  conferred is not properly a mere permission, but amounts to a grant, which 
  cannot be revoked, and it may then be assigned to a third person. 5 Hen. V., 
  M. 1, page 1; 2 Mod. 317; 7 Bing. 693; 8 East, 309; 5 B. & C. 221; 7 D. & R. 
  783; Crabb on R. P. Sec. 521 to 525; 14 S. & R 267; 4 S. & R. 241; 2 Eq. 
  Cas. Ab. 522. When the license is coupled with an interest, the formalities 
  essential to confer such interest should be observed. Say. R. 3; 6 East, R. 
  602; 8 East, R. 310, note. See 14 S. & R. 267; 4 S. & R. 241; 2 Eq. Cas. Ab. 
  522; 11 Ad. & El. 34, 39; S. C. 39 Eng, C. L. R. 19. 
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :   [ bouvier ]

  LICENSE, International law. An authority given by one of two belligerent 
  parties, to the citizens or subjects of the other, to carry on a specified 
  trade. 
       2. The effects of the license are to suspend or relax the rules of war 
  to the extent of the authority given. It is the assumption of a state of 
  peace to the extent of the license. In the country which grants them, 
  licenses to carry on a pacific commerce are stricti juris, as being 
  exceptions to the general rule; though they are not to be construed with 
  pedantic accuracy, nor will every small deviation be held to vitiate the 
  fair effect of them. 4 Rob. Rep. 8; Chitty, Law of Nat. 1 to 5, and 260; 1 
  Kent, Com. 164, 85. 
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :   [ bouvier ]

  LICENSE, pleading. The name of a plea of justification to an action of 
  trespass. A license must be specially pleaded, and cannot, like liberum 
  tenementum, be given in evidence under the general issue. 2. T. R. 166, 108 
  
  

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  187 Moby Thesaurus words for "license":
     Lehrfreiheit, OK, academic freedom, accredit, admission, agency,
     agentship, allow, allowance, anarchy, approve, assign, assignment,
     assumption, authority, authorization, authorize, blank check,
     brevet, building permit, care, carte blanche, certificate, certify,
     chaos, charge, charter, commission, commissioning, commit,
     commitment, confusion, consent, consign, consignment,
     constitutional freedom, copyright, cure, debauchery, debauchment,
     delegate, delegated authority, delegation, deputation, depute,
     deputize, detach, detail, devolute, devolution, devolve,
     devolve upon, devolvement, diplomatic immunity, discharge,
     disobedience, dispensation, dissipation, dissoluteness, document,
     embassy, empower, empowerment, enable, enfranchise, entitle,
     entrust, entrusting, entrustment, errand, exception, executorship,
     exemption, exequatur, fabulous formless darkness, factorship,
     familiarity, fastness, favor, fishing license, foul-up, franchise,
     freedom, freedom from fear, freedom from want, freedom of worship,
     full power, gallantry, give in charge, give official sanction,
     give power, grant, hassle, hubris, hunting license, immunity,
     imposition, imprimatur, indiscipline, indulgence, insubordination,
     interregnum, irresponsibility, jurisdiction, lawlessness, laxity,
     leave, legalize, legation, legislative immunity, legitimize, let,
     liberties, libertinage, libertinism, liberty, liberty abused,
     licentiousness, lieutenancy, loose, looseness, mandate, misrule,
     mission, mix-up, morass, muddle, mutiny, nihil obstat, office,
     okay, patent, permission, permission to enter, permit,
     plenipotentiary power, post, power of attorney, power to act,
     power vacuum, presumption, presumptuousness, privilege,
     procuration, profligacy, proxy, purview, rakishness, rampant will,
     ratify, regency, regentship, relaxation, release, responsibility,
     run, sanction, screw-up, send out, slackness, snafu, special favor,
     special permission, suffer, task, the Four Freedoms, the run of,
     ticket, ticket of admission, transfer, trust, trusteeship,
     unaccountability, unbridledness, uncontrol, undue liberty,
     unrestraint, validate, venery, vicarious authority, vouchsafement,
     waiver, warrant, wenching, whoring, wildness, willfulness
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 执照,许可证,特许;
  v. 许可,特许;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 执照,许可证,特许
     vt. 许可,特许

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