Licensed
['laɪs(ə)nst] or ['laɪsnst]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of License
(a.) Having a license; permitted or authorized by license; as, a licensed victualer; a licensed traffic.
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Examples
- In countries where the rigour of the law suffers no poachers, the licensed hunter is not in a much better condition. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- I have licensed this person. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Torture in a public school is as much licensed as the knout in Russia. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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