Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for LI'CENSE
LI'CENSE, v.t.
- To permit by grant of authority; to remove legal restraint by a grant of permission; as, to license, a man to keep an inn.
- To authorize to act in a particular character; as, to license, a physician or a lawyer.
- To dismiss. [Not in use.] – Wotton.
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