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Greek

2010. epitrepo -- to turn to, entrust, hence to permit
... give leave, let, permit. From epi and the base of trope; to turn over (transfer),
ie Allow -- give leave (liberty, license), let, permit, suffer. see GREEK epi. ...
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401. anachusis -- a pouring out, overflow
... excess. From a comparative of ana and cheo (to pour); properly, effusion, ie
(figuratively) license -- excess. see GREEK ana. (anachusin) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

6277. athaq -- forward, arrogant
... arrogancy, grievous hard things, stiff. From athaq in the sense of license; impudent --
arrogancy, grievous (hard) things, stiff. see HEBREW athaq. 6276, 6277 ...
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Library

That the Poetical License which the Greeks, in Obedience to their ...
... Book II. Chapter 9."That the Poetical License Which the Greeks, in Obedience
to Their Gods, Allowed, Was Restrained by the Ancient Romans. ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 9 that the poetical license.htm

That the Romans, by Refusing to the Poets the Same License in ...
... Chapter 12."That the Romans, by Refusing to the Poets the Same License in Respect
of Men Which They Allowed Them in the Case of the Gods, Showed a More ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/city of god/chapter 12 that the romans by.htm

Only one Vote
... A local option contest was going on in W", and Mrs. Kent was trying to influence
her husband to vote "No License." Willie Kent, six years old, was, of course ...
/.../shaw/touching incidents and remarkable answers to prayer/only one vote.htm

Paragraphs from Notable Speeches
... WAYNE MACVEAGH. From, "Ideals in American Politics.". * * *. The idea of liberty
is license; it is not liberty but it is license. License to do what? ...
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Out of Sectarian Confusion
... The Methodist did not license women to preach; but when the preachers found out
that God was using me in the salvation of souls and that I was not especially ...
/.../cole/trials and triumphs of faith/chapter xii out of sectarian.htm

Letter xxiv (Circa AD 1126) to Oger, Regular Canon
... You will reply, "I have acted by license, asked and received from the Bishop." True,
you have, indeed, asked for license, but in a manner you ought not to have ...
/.../some letters of saint bernard abbot of clairvaux/letter xxiv circa a d 1126.htm

I am Told, Further, that You Touch with Some Critical Sharpness ...
... I do not wonder at your writing Barabbas for Baranina, the letters of the names
being somewhat similar, when you allow yourself such a license in changing the ...
/.../13 i am told further.htm

The Tongue.
... been laid? 1st. The license of the tongue.2nd. The guilt of that license.
The first license given to the tongue is slander. I am ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/robertson/sermons preached at brighton/i the tongue.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) Authority or liberty given to do or forbear any act; especially, a formal permission from the proper authorities to perform certain acts or to carry on a certain business, which without such permission would be illegal; a grant of permission; as, a license to preach, to practice medicine, to sell gunpowder or intoxicating liquors.

2. (n.) The document granting such permission.

3. (n.) Excess of liberty; freedom abused, or used in contempt of law or decorum; disregard of law or propriety.

4. (n.) That deviation from strict fact, form, or rule, in which an artist or writer indulges, assuming that it will be permitted for the sake of the advantage or effect gained; as, poetic license; grammatical license, etc.

5. (v. t.) To permit or authorize by license; to give license to; as, to license a man to preach.

Thesaurus

License (3 Occurrences)
... to perform certain acts or to carry on a certain business, which without such
permission would be illegal; a grant of permission; as, a license to preach, to ...
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Permit (36 Occurrences)
... with. 2. (vt) To grant (one) express license or liberty to do an act; to
authorize; to give leave; -- followed by an infinitive. 3 ...
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Give (13501 Occurrences)
... sentence, a shout, etc. 5. (n.) To grant power or license to; to permit;
to allow; to license; to commission. 6. (n.) To exhibit ...
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Licence (3 Occurrences)

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Leave (341 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To raise; to levy. 3. (n.) Liberty granted by which restraint
or illegality is removed; permission; allowance; license. ...
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Licentious (1 Occurrence)

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Liberty (32 Occurrences)
... prison. 7. (n.) A privilege or license in violation of the laws of etiquette
or propriety; as, to permit, or take, a liberty. 8. (n ...
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Freedom (45 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) Frankness; openness; unreservedness. 6. (n.) Improper familiarity; violation
of the rules of decorum; license. 7. (n.) Generosity; liberality. Int. ...
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Faculty (1 Occurrence)
... office. 4. (n.) Privilege or permission, granted by favor or indulgence, to
do a particular thing; authority; license; dispensation. 5 ...
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Traffic (12 Occurrences)
... Genesis 42:34). He evidently meant that they should have license to become,
throughout Egypt, traveling traders. (4) Rekhullah, from ...
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Bible Concordance

License (3 Occurrences)

Acts 21:40 And when he had given him license, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand to the people. And when there was made entire silence, he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, saying,
(WBS)

Acts 25:16 To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before he who is accused hath the accusers face to face, and hath license to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him.
(WBS)

Jude 1:4 For there are certain men who crept in secretly, even those who were long ago written about for this condemnation: ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying our only Master, God, and Lord, Jesus Christ.
(See NIV)

Subtopics

License

Related Terms

Permit (36 Occurrences)

Give (13501 Occurrences)

Licence (3 Occurrences)

Leave (341 Occurrences)

Licentious (1 Occurrence)

Liberty (32 Occurrences)

Freedom (45 Occurrences)

Faculty (1 Occurrence)

Traffic (12 Occurrences)