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Webster 1913 Edition
Licensed
Li′censed
(lī′senst)
, Adj.
Having a license; permitted or authorized by license;
as, a
licensed
victualer; a licensed
traffic.
Syn. – accredited, commissioned, licenced.
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.
Definition 2025
licensed
licensed
English
Adjective
licensed (not comparable)
- (of a person or enterprise) having been issued with a licence (by the required authority)
- Only licensed exterminators can purchase rat poison in this state.
- (of a shop or restaurant) allowed to sell alcohol
- The opening hours of licensed premises are restricted to prevent all-night drinking.
- (of an activity) authorized by licence
- Even licensed fishing has a major effect on the fish population in the river.
- (of a product) based on an existing piece of intellectual property and sold under licence.
- Although they sell well, licensed video games are seldom critically acclaimed.
Hyponyms
- GPL-licensed
Related terms
Antonyms
Translations
having been issued with a license
authorized by license
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Verb
licensed
- simple past tense and past participle of license