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license, licence, v.|ˈlaɪsəns|
Forms: 4–6 lycence, 5–6 lyc-, lysense, (7 lycens), 9 Sc. leeshance, 4– licence, 6– license.
[f. licence n., q.v. for the question of spelling. In sense 2, ad. F. licencier, f. licence.]
1. trans. To give (a person) permission to (do something). Now rare. (In early use the personal obj. may be interpreted as dat., and occas. appears preceded by to.)
c1430Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 2983 If it be your will to licence me to tel my tale. c1460G. Ashby Dicta Philos. 739 in Poems (E.E.T.S.) 76 If ye be to any man licencyng To set his fote vpon youres areryng, He wol after set his fote vppon your nekke. 1555Latimer in Foxe A. & M. (1563) 1366/1, I beseche your Lordshyp license me to sytte downe. 1577–87Holinshed Chron. I. 175/2 The dead bodies of both armies are licenced to be buried. 1590Greene Orl. Fur. (1599) D 4 b, King Marsillus licenst thee depart. 1618Earl Suffolk in Fortesc. Papers (Camden) 50 But I pray your Lordship to lycens me truly to acquaynt you what mesery yt hath produced unto me. a1639W. Whately Prototypes i. xix. (1640) 212 To license ourselves to commit any sinne out of a conceit that it is small. 1676G. Towerson Decalogue 75 Our friendship with God..licenceth us to come with assurance. 1684Bunyan Pilgr. ii. 193 Therefore they were licensed to make bold with any of his things. 1863Kinglake Crimea (1876) I. viii. 127 Lord Stratford was licensed to do no more than send a message to an Admiral.
b. To permit (a thing) to be done; sometimes with dat. of the person. Now rare.
1477J. Paston in Paston Lett. III. 191 The Pope will suffre a thyng to be usyd, but he will nott lycence nor grant it to be usyd nor don, and soo I. 1555Ridley in Foxe A. & M. (1563) 928/2 At the last I was contente to take it for lycenced, and so began to talk. 1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. i. xiii. (1634) 45 To attempt things not licenced. 1598R. Grenewey Tacitus' Ann. iii. ii. (1622) 66 Neuer shewing themselues more attentiue, nor at any time licencing them⁓selues a more secret speech of the Prince. 1633J. Done Hist. Septuagint 99 Hee hath licensed us eating the flesh of foure-footed beasts. 1861M. Pattison Ess. (1889) I. 40 A patent of Henry II, in which he..licenses the sale of Rhenish wine at the same price as French is sold at. 1869Browning Ring & Bk. viii. 554 If this were..Allowed in the Spring rawness of our kind, What may be licenced in the Autumn dry? Ibid. 712 The divorce allowed by Christ, in lieu Of lapidation Moses licenced me.
†c. with clause as obj. Obs.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. ix. xxvi. (1495) 363 It was lycencyd that seruauntes and wymmen and bestes shold reste in the Saturday. 1586J. Hooker Hist. Irel. in Holinshed II. 96/2 The governor licenced that it [the corps] should be buried.
†2. [After F. licencier.] To give leave of departure to; to dismiss, set free from (something); to send away to (a place). Obs.
1483Caxton G. de la Tour B j b, The kyng thenne lycencyd them and gaf to them fayr gyftes. 1551Robinson tr. More's Utopia ii. (1895) 143 Beynge then lycensed from the laboure of theyr owne occupacyons. a1586Sidney Arcadia iii. (1629) 276 Amphialus licenced the gentleman, telling him, that by next morning he should have an answer. 1594Southwell M. Magd. Funeral Teares 188 Licence from thee that needlesse suspition. 1598Barret Theor. Warres iv. i. 103 He..comming vnto the companies, do licence them to their lodgings. 1603Florio Montaigne ii. iii. 210 I wil now departe, and licence the remainder of my soule [F. donner congé aux restes de mon ame]. 1630Wadsworth Pilgr. 17 Tuesdayes and Thursdayes..on the after noones they are licenced to the recreation of the open fields. 1632J. Hayward tr. Biondi's Eromena 74 Having then taken instructions for the way, and licensed himselfe from the King, he set him forwards on his journey. a1639Wotton Parallel in Reliq. (1651) 17 When he listed he could licence his thoughts. 1676Dryden Aurengz. i. i. 333 Sir, you were pleas'd your self to License me. 1814Scott Wav. xl, Thus licensed, the chief and Waverley left the presence chamber.
3. To grant (a person) a licence or authoritative permission to hold a certain status or to do certain things, e.g. to practise some trade or profession, to hold a curacy, to preach, to use armorial bearings, to keep a dog, to carry a gun, etc. Const. for, to, and to with inf.
c1400Rom. Rose 7692, I am licenced boldely In divinitee to rede. c1450St. Cuthbert (Surtees) 7598 And besoght his reuerence Þat he walde þaim lycence In his diocise to haue place. 1450–1530Myrr. our Ladye 102 None oughte in holy chyrche to..preche openly the worde of god but yf he be specially lycensed therto. 1481Caxton Reynard (Arb.) 62, I am lycensyd in bothe lawes. 1555Eden Decades 125 Beyng therto lycenced by the kynge of castile. 1638Penit. Conf. viii. (1657) 277 So licensing them (as it were) for Priestly power. 1764Burn Poor Laws 72 Poor folks licensed to beg out of the limits of any city or town corporate. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. I. 270 Licensing candidates for the ministry. 1828Miss Mitford Village Ser. iii. 178 Judith Kent, widow, ‘Licenced’—as the legend imported, ‘to vend tea, coffee, tobacco, and snuff.’ 1830Galt Lawrie T. iv. ix. II. 78 Amos Bell..had not been leeshanced above a week. 1878Simpson Sch. Shaks. I. 23 The proclamation of July 8, 1557, licensing all English subjects to fit out ships to molest the French and Scots. 1901Durh. Dioc. Cal. 215 Curates licensed.
b. To grant a licence permitting (a house, theatre, etc.) to be used for some specified purpose.
1777Parsons Let. in 15th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. i. (1896) 232 A petition..for leave to bring in a bill to license a theatre at Birmingham. 1868[see licensed ppl. a.]. 1874[see licenser]. 1882M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal iii, In which there is..not even a cottage licensed for the sale of ale.
4. To authorize the publication of (a book), or the acting of (a play).
1628Wither Brit. Rememb. Pref. 279 Were my writing As true as that of holy Iohns inditing, They would not licence it. 1634Documents agst. Prynne (Camden) 23 Mr. Buckner did lycence 64 pages of the booke. 1644Milton Areop. (Arb.) 39 That no Book..should be Printed..unlesse it were approv'd and licenc't under the hands of 2 or 3 glutton Friers. 1667Poole Dial. betw. Protest. & Papist 155 Books Licensed by the Approbation..of your Church. 1858Halliwell Dict. Old Plays 264 This play was licensed on June 6th, 1634.
†b. To vouch for. Obs. rare.
1694R. Burthogge Reason 216 A Story Licensed by a Person of Quality and of Great worth.
5. To allow liberty, free range, or scope to; to privilege, tolerate. Obs. exc. in ppl. a.
1605Bacon Adv. Learn. ii. iv. §i. 17 Poesie is..in measure of words for the most part restrained: but in all other points extreamely licensed. 1640Ld. J. Digby Sp. in Ho. Com. 9 Nov. 4, I shall..with your Permission licence my Thoughts too, a little. 1704Steele Lying Lover i. i. 9 Licence my innocent Flames, and give me leave to love such charming Sweetness. |