Hypertext Webster Gateway: "licensed"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
License \Li"cense\ (l[imac]"sens), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Licensed} (l[imac]"senst); p. pr. & vb. n. {Licensing}.]
To permit or authorize by license; to give license to; as, to
license a man to preach. --Milton. Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Licensed \Li"censed\ (l[imac]"senst), a.
Having a license; permitted or authorized by license; as, a
licensed victualer; a licensed traffic.
{Licensed victualer}, one who has a license to keep an inn or
eating house; esp., a victualer who has a license to sell
intoxicating liquors.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
licensed
adj : given official approval to act; "an accredited college";
"commissioned broker"; "licensed pharmacist";
"authorized representative" [syn: {accredited}, {commissioned},
{licenced}]
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