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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishlicence,licens,lisence,lissens,licance, fromOld Frenchlicence, fromLatinlicentia(“license”), fromlicens, present participle oflicere(“to be allowed, be allowable”); comparelinquere,Ancient Greekλείπω(leípō,“leave”).

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license (countable anduncountable,plurallicenses)(American spelling)

  1. Alegaldocument givingofficialpermission to do something; apermit.
    • 1970, 0:1:15 from the start, inMonty Python's Flying Circus, season 2, episode10, John Cleese (actor):
      Hello. I would like to buy a fishlicence please.
  2. The legalterms under which a person isallowed to use a product, especiallysoftware.
    • 1986, Thomas Smedinghoff,The Legal Guide to Developing, Protecting, and Marketing Software‎[1], page166:
      Thus, while thelicense will grant the user the right to use the software, a major concern is the scope of that use. For example, will the user be granted the right to copy, modify, or transfer the software?
  3. Freedom todeviate deliberately from normally applicablerules orpractices (especially inbehaviour orspeech).
    • 2012, Chris Seepe,The Conspiracy to Assassinate Jesus Christ‎[2], page 5:
      In some instances, the author tooklicense to include events which never happened, or to purposely create events which may run in the face of popular conjecture if the author felt it would help the story along.
  4. Excessive freedom;lack ofduerestraint.
  5. Short fordriver's license.
    In order to enter the building, I need to show mylicense.
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  • In British English, Canadian English, Australian English, Irish English, South African English and New Zealand English the noun is speltlicence and the verb islicense.
  • The spellinglicence is not used for either part of speech in the United States.
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legal document giving official permission to do something
legal terms of product usage
freedom to deviate from rules
excessive freedom

Etymology 2

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FromMiddle Englishlicencen,licensen,lisensen,licent, fromOld Frenchlicencer,licencier,licenciier,licenser,[1] fromMedieval Latinlicentiō (cf. Englishlicentiate).

Verb

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license (third-person singular simple presentlicenses,present participlelicensing,simple past and past participlelicensed)

  1. Toauthorize officially.
    I amlicensed to practice law in this state.
  2. (transitive)(applied to a piece ofintellectual property)
    1. To give formalauthorization to use.
      It was decided tolicense Wikipedia under the GFDL.
      • 2013 June 22, “T time”, inThe Economist, volume407, number8841, page68:
        The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them, which is thenlicensed to related businesses in high-tax countries, is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies.
    2. To acquire authorization to use, usually in exchange forcompensation.
      The filmmakerslicensed several iconic 80's songs for the soundtrack.
      • 2000,International Journal of Micrographics & Optical Technology‎[3]:
        As part of the strategic relationship, Microsoft haslicensed the image segmentation, compression and viewing technology from ScanSoft.
      • 2007, Steve Swayne,How Sondheim Found His Sound‎[4]:
        They changed their campaign,licensed the song and used it for over six years in all of their advertising.
  3. (transitive) To givepermission orfreedom to;accept.
    • 1855 December –1857 June, Charles Dickens,Little Dorrit, London:Bradbury and Evans, […], published1857,→OCLC:
      Intruders there were in Harley Street, of whom it was not aware; but Mr and Mrs Merdle it delighted to honour. Society was aware of Mr and Mrs Merdle. Society had said ‘Let uslicense them; let us know them.’
  4. (linguistics, transitive) Topermit (asgrammatically correct).
    No English adverbs have mandatory complements, and most don't evenlicense optional ones.
    • 2014, Hagit Borer,Parametric Syntax: Case Studies in Semitic and Romance Languages‎[5]:
      Kayne argues that the crucial fact whichlicenses preposition stranding in English but not in French is the fact that in English verbs and prepositions assign Case similarly, and hence they govern similarly.
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to authorize officially
to give formal authorization to use
to acquire authorization to use

References

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  1. ^“līcencen,v.”, inMED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007.

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