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单词 license
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licensev.

Brit. /ˈlʌɪsns/, U.S. /ˈlaɪsns/
Forms: Middle English–1500s lycence, Middle English–1500s lycense, lysense, (1600s lycens), 1800s Scottish leeshance, Middle English– licence, 1500s– license.
Etymology: < licence n., see for the question of spelling. In sense 2, < French licencier, < licence.
1.
a. transitive. To give (a person) permission to (do something). Now rare. (In early use the personal object may be interpreted as dative, and occasionally appears preceded by to.)
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c1430 Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 2983 If it be your will to licence me to tel my tale.
a1500 (a1475) G. Ashby Dicta Philosophorum l. 739 in Poems (1899) 76 If ye be to any man licencyng To set his fote vpon youres areryng, He wol after set his fote vppon your nekke.
1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 1366/1 I beseche your Lordshyp licence me to sytte downe.
1587 R. Holinshed et al. Hist. Eng. (new ed.) viii. xi. 199/2 (heading) in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I The dead bodies of both armies are licenced to be buried.
a1592 R. Greene Hist. Orlando Furioso (1594) sig. Ev King Marsillus licenst thee depart.
1618 Earl of Suffolk in S. R. Gardiner Fortescue Papers (1871) 50 But I pray your Lordship to lycens me truly to acquaynt you what mesery yt hath produced unto me.
a1639 W. Whately Prototypes (1640) i. xix. 212 To license ourselves to commit any sinne out of a conceit that it is small.
1676 G. Towerson Explic. Decalogue 75 Our friendship with God..licenceth us to come with assurance.
1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. 211 Therefore they were licensed to make bold with any of his things. View more context for this quotation
1863 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea I. viii. 119 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 dative of the person. Now rare.
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1477 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 501 The Pope will suffre a thyng to be vsyd, but he will nott lycence nor grant it to be vsyd ner don; and soo I.
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. (1634) i. xiii. 45 To attempt things not licenced.
1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 928/2 At the last I was contente to take it for lycenced, and so began to talke.
1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales iii. ii. 66 Neuer shewing themselues more attentiue, nor at any time licencing themselues a more secret speech of the Prince.
1633 J. Done tr. ‘Aristeas’ Aunc. Hist. Septuagint 99 Hee hath licensed vs eating the flesh of foure-footed beasts.
1861 M. Pattison in Westm. Rev. Apr. 410 A patent of Henry II.., in which he..licenses the sale of Rhenish wine at the same price as French is sold.
1869 R. Browning Ring & Bk. III. viii. 116 If this were..Allowed in the Spring rawness of our kind, What may be licenced in the Autumn dry?
1869 R. Browning Ring & Bk. III. viii. 123 The divorce allowed by Christ in lieu Of lapidation Moses licensed me.
c. with clause as object. Obsolete.
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1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) ix. xxvi. 363 It was lycencyd that seruauntes and wymmen and bestes shold reste in the Saturday.
1587 J. Hooker Chron. Ireland 96/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II The gouernor licenced that it [sc. the corps] should be buried.
2. [After French licencier.] To give leave of departure to; to dismiss, set free from (something); to send away to (a place). Obsolete.
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society > leisure > [verb (transitive)] > set free from labour
license1484
relax1652
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (transitive)] > send away or dismiss
congeec1330
turnc1330
putc1350
dismitc1384
refusea1387
repel?a1439
avyec1440
avoida1464
depart1484
license1484
to give (a person) his (also her, etc.) leave?a1513
demit1529
dispatcha1533
senda1533
to send a grazing1533
demise1541
dimiss1543
abandon1548
dimit1548
discharge1548
dismiss1548
to turn off1564
aband1574
quit1575
hencea1586
cashier1592
to turn away1602
disband1604
amand1611
absquatulize1829
chassé1847
to send to the pack1912
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (transitive)] > send away or dismiss > to a place
license1598
terminate1599
1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) x. 24 The kyng thenne lycencyd them & gaf to them fair gyftes.
1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia ii. sig. Hviii Beynge then lycensed from the laboure of theyr owne occupacyons.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. xiii. sig. Qq1v Amphialus licenced the Gentleman, telling him, by the next morning he should haue answere.
1591 R. Southwell Marie Magdalens Funeral Teares f. 62v Licence from thee that needles suspition.
1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres iv. 103 He..comming vnto the companies, do licence them to their lodgings.
1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. iii. 210 I wil now departe, and licence the remainder of my soule [Fr. donner congé aux restes de mon ame].
1630 J. Wadsworth Eng. Spanish Pilgrime (new ed.) 17 Tuesdayes and Thursdayes..on the after noones they are licenced to the recreation of the open fields.
1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 74 Having then taken instructions for the way, and licensed himselfe from the King, he set him forwards on his journey.
a1639 H. Wotton Parallel betweene Earle of Essex & Duke of Buckingham (1641) 7 When hee listed he could licence his thoughts.
1676 J. Dryden Aureng-Zebe i. 10 Sir, you were pleas'd your self to license me.
1814 W. Scott Waverley II. xvii. 269 Thus licensed, the Chief and Waverley left the presence-chamber. View more context for this quotation
3.
a. 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 infinitive.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > permit [verb (transitive)]
thave835
unneeOE
levec897
forletc900
i-thavec900
i-unneeOE
allowa1393
licensec1400
admit1418
sustainc1425
usea1450
permit1473
permise1481
withganga1500
tolerate1533
intermit?c1550
licentiate1575
'low1587
dispense1646
beholdc1650
warrant1662
society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > permit [verb (transitive)] > permit authoritatively > grant licence to do
licensec1400
licentiate1650
c1400 Rom. Rose 7692 I am licenced boldely In divinitee to rede.
?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 7598 And besoght his reuerence Þat he walde þaim lycence In his diocise to haue place.
1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 59 I am lycensyd in bothe lawes.
1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 102 None oughte in holy chyrche to..preche openly the worde of god, but yf he be specially lycensed therto.
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. vii. f. 125 Beyng therto lycenced by the kynge of Castile.
1638 Penit. Conf. (1657) viii. 277 So licensing them (as it were) for Priestly power.
1764 R. Burn Hist. Poor Laws 72 Poor folks licensed to beg out of the limits of any city or town corporate.
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 270 Licensing candidates for the ministry.
1828 M. R. Mitford Our Village III. 178 Judith Kent, widow, ‘Licenced’—as the legend imported, ‘to vend tea, coffee, tobacco, and snuff.’
1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd II. iv. ix. 78 Amos Bell..had not been leeshanced above a week.
1878 R. Simpson School of Shakspere I. 23 The proclamation of July 8, 1557, licensing all English subjects to fit out ships to molest the French and Scots.
1901 Durham Dioc. Cal. 215 Curates licensed.
b. To grant a licence permitting (a house, theatre, etc.) to be used for some specified purpose.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > permit [verb (transitive)] > permit authoritatively > grant licence to be used for
license1777
1777 Parsons Let. in 15th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1896) App. i. 232 A petition..for leave to bring in a bill to license a theatre at Birmingham.
1868 Nat. Encycl. I. 414 A constable may at all times enter licensed premises.
1874 J. C. Bucknill & D. H. Tuke Man. Psychol. Med. (ed. 3) 2 The College of Physicians, whose licensers were required to visit the houses which they had licensed.
1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal I. iii. 75 In which there is..not even a cottage licensed for the sale of beer.
4.
a. To authorize the publication of (a book), or the acting of (a play).
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society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > permit [verb (transitive)] > permit authoritatively > grant licence for publication or production of
license1628
1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer Pref. 279 Were my writing As true as that of holy Iohns inditing, They would not licence it.
1634 Proc. Star Chamber in S. R. Gardiner Documents Proc. against W. Prynne (1877) 23 Mr. Buckner did lycence 64 pages of the booke.
1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 7 That no Book..should be Printed..unlesse it were approv'd and licenc't under the hands of 2 or 3 glutton Friers.
1667 M. Poole Dialogue between Popish Priest & Protestant 155 Books Licensed by the Approbation..of your Church.
1858 Halliwell Dict. Old Plays 264 This play was licensed on June 6th, 1634.
b. To vouch for. Obsolete. rare.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > attest, bear witness [verb (transitive)] > furnish evidence, vouch for
verifyc1449
warrantc1480
able?1489
witness1526
support1581
license1694
vouch1755
1694 R. Burthogge Ess. 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. Obsolete except in participial adj.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > not restrain [verb (transitive)]
slidec1386
to give a person rope (also enough rope, etc.)a1475
to give (the) rein(s) (to)1484
to let go1526
to give (a horse) his (also her, its, etc.) head1571
license1605
to give linea1616
unchecka1616
to give a loose (occasionally give loose) to1685
to give stretch to1777
to let rip1857
1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Ee1v Poesie is..in measure of words for the most part restrained: but in all other points extreamely licensed . View more context for this quotation
1640 Ld. J. Digby Speech in Comm. 9 Nov. 4 I shall..with your Permission licence my Thoughts too, a little.
1704 R. Steele Lying Lover i. 9 Licence my innocent Flames, and give me leave to love such charming Sweetness.
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