Variant: also licence
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form: li · censed also li · cenced ; li · cens · ing also li · cenc · ing
Date: 15th century
1 a : to issue a license to b : to permit or authorize especially by formal license
2 : to give permission or consent to : ALLOW
– li · cens · able \ -s ə n(t)-s ə -b ə l \ adjective
– li · cen · sor \ -s ə r, ˌ li-s ə n- ' so ̇ r \ also li · cens · er \ -s ə r \ noun