License
Definition of License
Li´cense Pronunciation: lī´sens | n. | 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. | | 2. | The document granting such permission. | | 3. | Excess of liberty; freedom abused, or used in contempt of law or decorum; disregard of law or propriety. | | 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. | | v. t. | 1. | To permit or authorize by license; to give license to; as, to license a man to preach. |
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