单词 | license |
释义 | licensev. 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.) ΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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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