单词 | licensed |
释义 | licensedadj. 1. To whom or for which a licence has been granted; provided with a licence. Now often spec. (of a house, etc.) licensed for the sale of alcoholic liquor. licensed victualler: see victualler n. 1b. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [adjective] > having a licence licensed1632 society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [adjective] > relating to shop > licensed to sell alcohol licensed1868 1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) Licenced, licencié. 1645 J. Milton Colasterion 5 The reasons of your licen't pamflet..are good. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. viii. 325 There are now eight hundred licensed coaches. 1817 W. Selwyn Abridgem. Law Nisi Prius (ed. 4) II. 926 For the purpose of the licensed act of trading..the person licensed was to be considered as virtually an adopted subject of this country. 1868 Nat. Encycl. I. 414 A constable may at all times enter licensed premises. 2. To whom or which liberty or free scope is allowed; privileged, recognized, regular, tolerated. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [adjective] licensed1593 chartereda1616 free1666 permissioned1728 society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [adjective] freeeOE unneedc1175 easyc1200 untiedc1374 unhemmeda1400 largec1400 unrefraineda1500 rampanta1540 unmuzzleda1541 unyoked1573 yokeless1584 licensed1593 unbound1593 wild1599 broad1604 fetterless1604 unconfined1607 ungyved1607 ungaged?1617 unboundeda1625 unfettereda1631 vagabond1635 unmanacled1686 unrestricted1750 haggard-wild1786 unconstrained1796 unshackled1796 chainless1816 rioty1819 untethered1826 unwithholdena1834 bondless1845 fancy-loose1850 constraintless1865 unpressured1879 undammed1896 balls-to-the-wall1967 balls-out1968 1593 J. Donne Satires iv. 228 He..Iests like a licens'd fool, commands the law. 1640 H. Mill Nights Search 123 He..turn'd her out; now she's a licenst whore. 1742 A. Pope New Dunciad 579 From Stage to Stage the licenc'd Earl may run. 1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1865) 32 The established professions were..licensed modes of witchcraft. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth xi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 331 Some, doubtless, [retired] to the licensed freedoms of some tavern. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam cxi. 174 Should licensed boldness gather force. View more context for this quotation 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. vi. 128 Imagination is a licensed trespasser. 1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xv. 229 Clodius was a licensed libertine. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1593 |
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