The act of permitting or allowing; formal consent; authorization; leave; license or liberty granted.
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Approval; approbation.
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Legal or rightful power; a right to command or to act; power exercised buy a person in virtue of his office or trust; dominion; jurisdiction; authori…
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The act of giving authority or legal power; establishment by authority; sanction or warrant.
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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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To agree in opinion or sentiment; to be of the same mind; to accord; to concur.
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Dismission; discharge.
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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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To send out leaves; to leaf; -- often with out.
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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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Permission to pass; a document given by the competent officer of a state, permitting the person therein named to pass or travel from place to place,…
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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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The act of tolerating; the allowance of that which is not wholly approved.
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Approbation; sanction.
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The act of giving authority or legal power; establishment by authority; sanction or warrant.
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The act of commending; praise; favorable representation in words; recommendation.
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To encourage; to favor; to approve; to aid; to abet.
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To encourage; to favor; to approve; to aid; to abet.
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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…
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To consent to; to allow or suffer to be done; to tolerate; to put up with.
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