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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)