vt to give a license to.
2. licentiate ·noun one who acts without restraint, or takes a liberty, as if having a license therefor.
3. licentiate ·noun one who has a license to exercise a profession; as, a licentiate in medicine or theology.
4. licentiate ·noun on the continent of europe, a university degree intermediate between that of bachelor and that of doctor.
5. licentiate ·noun a friar authorized to receive confessions and grant absolution in all places, independently of the local clergy.