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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: given official approval to act; "an accredited college"; "commissioned broker"; "licensed pharmacist"; "authorized representative" [syn: accredited, commissioned, licensed, licenced]

Merriam Webster's

adjective see license I

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. If you are licensed to do something, you have official permission from the government or from the authorities to do it. There were about 250 people on board, about 100 more than the ferry was licensed to carry. ...a licensed doctor. ADJ: oft ADJ to-inf 2. If something that you own or use is licensed, you have official permission to own it or use it. While searching the house they discovered an unlicensed shotgun and a licensed rifle. ADJ 3. If a place such as a restaurant or hotel is licensed, it has been given a licence to sell alcoholic drinks. (BRIT) ...licensed premises... ADJ

Moby Thesaurus

authorized, chartered, empowered, enfranchised, entitled, excepted, excused, exempt, exempted, favored, franchised, immune, irresponsible, let off, patented, permitted, privileged, released, sanctioned, spared, unaccountable, unanswerable, unliable, unsubject, warranted