To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction.
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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.
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To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction.
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A written evidence in due form of things done or granted, contracts made, etc., between man and man; a deed, or conveyance.
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Exemption from constraint or oppression; freedom; liberty.
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To know again; to perceive the identity of, with a person or thing previously known; to recover or recall knowledge of.
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Approval; approbation.
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The act of clearing; as, to make a thorough clearance.
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The act of taking leave; parting ceremony; farewell; also, dismissal.
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See Conge, Conge.
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The act of dispensing or dealing out; distribution; often used of the distribution of good and evil by God to man, or more generically, of the acts a…
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of Maraud
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To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…
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The act of tolerating; the allowance of that which is not wholly approved.
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The act of giving authority or legal power; establishment by authority; sanction or warrant.
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To clothe with authority, warrant, or legal power; to give a right to act; to empower; as, to authorize commissioners to settle a boundary.
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Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.
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That by means of which any work is performed, or result is effected; a tool; a utensil; an implement; as, the instruments of a mechanic; astronomical…
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The state of a free person; exemption from subjection to the will of another claiming ownership of the person or services; freedom; -- opposed to sla…
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To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…
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The act of certifying.
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The act of certifying.
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To give cetain information to; to assure; to make certain.
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To give cetain information to; to assure; to make certain.
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a legal document giving official permission to do something
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a legal document giving official permission to do something
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Characterized by license; passing due bounds; excessive; abusive of freedom; wantonly offensive; as, a licentious press.
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Characterized by license; passing due bounds; excessive; abusive of freedom; wantonly offensive; as, a licentious press.
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To show to be real or true; to prove.
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Solemn or ceremonious ratification; an official act of a superior by which he ratifies and gives validity to the act of some other person or body; es…
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To give cetain information to; to assure; to make certain.
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a legal document giving official permission to do something
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The act of permitting or allowing; formal consent; authorization; leave; license or liberty granted.
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To consent to; to allow or suffer to be done; to tolerate; to put up with.
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