licentiously.html - n.
1 a holder of a certificate of competence to practise a certain profession, or of a university licence.
2 a licensed preacher not yet having an appointment, esp. in a Presbyterian church. [ME f. med.L licentiatus past part. of licentiare f. L licentia: see LICENCE]

licentiously.html - adj.
1 immoral in sexual relations.
2 archaic disregarding accepted rules or conventions.

licentiously adv. licentiousness n. [L licentiosus f. licentia: see LICENCE]

licentiously.html - n.
(US license)
1 a permit from an authority to own or use something (esp. a dog, gun, television set, or vehicle), do something (esp. marry, print something, preach, or drive on a public road), or carry on a trade (esp. in alcoholic liquor).
2 leave, permission (have I your licence to remove the fence?).
3 a liberty of action, esp. when excessive; disregard of law or propriety, abuse of freedom. b licentiousness.
4 a writer's or artist's irregularity in grammar, metre, perspective, etc., or deviation from fact, esp. for effect (poetic licence).
5 a university certificate of competence in a faculty.

license plate US the number plate of a licensed vehicle. [ME f. OF f. L licentia f. licere be lawful: -se by confusion with LICENSE]

licentiously.html - v.tr.
(also licence)
1 grant a licence to (a person).
2 authorize the use of (premises) for a certain purpose, esp. the sale and consumption of alcoholic liquor.
3 authorize the publication of (a book etc.) or the performance of (a play).
4 archaic allow.

licensed victualler see VICTUALLER .

licensable adj. licenser n. licensor n. [ME f. LICENCE: -se on analogy of the verbs PRACTISE, PROPHESY, perh. after ADVISE, where the sound differs from the corresp. noun]

licentiously.html - n.
the holder of a licence, esp. to sell alcoholic liquor.

licentiously.html - n.
1 a holder of a certificate of competence to practise a certain profession, or of a university licence.
2 a licensed preacher not yet having an appointment, esp. in a Presbyterian church. [ME f. med.L licentiatus past part. of licentiare f. L licentia: see LICENCE]