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license
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[ noun ] (writing) a legal document giving official permission to do something
Used in print (Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)The charge : violation of the California Medical_Practices Act by practicing medicine without a license and selling misbranded drugs . When authorities convicted him of practicing medicine without a license ( he got_off with a suspended sentence of three years because of his advanced age of 77 ) , one of his victims was not around to testify : He was dead of cancer . |
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[ noun ] freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)
Synonyms Used in print (Robert E. Lane, The Liberties of Wit: Humanism, Critici...)The reader , observing this process , might ask `` why not be different '' ? and find in the answer a license to be a variant of the human species . In the calm which follows the reading of a poem , for_example , is the effect produced by the enforced quiet , by the musical quality of words and rhythm , by the sentiments or sense of the poem , by the associations with earlier readings , if it is familiar , by the boost to the self-esteem for the semi-literate , by the diversion of attention , by the sense of security in a legitimized withdrawal , by a kind license for some variety of fantasy_life regarded_as forbidden , or by half conscious ideas about the magical_power of words ? Related terms |
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[ verb ] authorize officially
Examples "I am licensed to practice law in this state" Used in print (The Philadelphia Inquirer,...)In_reply , Deputy Police_Commissioner Howard_R._Leary said that the city spends more_than $ 115000 annually to license and regulate dogs but collects only $ 43000 in fees . (Lilian Pompian, "Tooth-Straightening Today"...)To become an orthodontist , a man must first be licensed by his state as a dentist , then he must spend at_least two years in additional training to acquire a license as a specialist . |
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[ noun ] the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
Synonyms Related terms authorization dispensation allowance clearance toleration conge allow |
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