license
/ˈlaɪ.səns/ verb A2- To authorize officially. · I am licensed to practice law in this state.
- To give formal authorization to use. · It was decided to license Wikipedia under the GFDL.
- To acquire authorization to use, usually in exchange for compensation. · The filmmakers licensed several iconic 80's songs for the soundtrack.
- To give permission or freedom to; accept.
- To permit (as grammatically correct). · No English adverbs have mandatory complements, and most don't even license optional ones.
He/she/it licenses · Past licensed · Past participle licensed · -ing form licensing
Verb forms
- Base form
- license
- He/she/it
- licenses
- Past
- licensed
- Past participle
- licensed
- -ing form
- licensing
From the library
Bitterly did she repent the license she had given to her imagination.
This meant getting a First Class teacher’s license in one year instead of two, if they were successful; but it also meant much more and harder work.
Before Josie had told the news Anne’s highest pinnacle of aspiration had been a teacher’s provincial license, First Class, at the end of the year, and perhaps the medal!
It would be dreadful if I failed to get my license after going to Queen’s all winter and spending so much money.”
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