2license also Brit licence verb
licenses; licensed; licens·ing [+ obj] 1 : to give official permission to (someone or something) to do or use something : to give a license to (someone or something)
▪ The restaurant has now been licensed to sell liquor. 2 : to give official permission for (something)
▪ a new drug licensed by the government ▪ The gun was not licensed to him. [=he did not have formal permission to own the gun] 3 : to allow the use of (a name, property, etc.) through a formal agreement
▪ The company licensed its name to others.
▪ The restaurant has now been licensed to sell liquor.
▪ a new drug licensed by the government ▪ The gun was not licensed to him. [=he did not have formal permission to own the gun]
▪ The company licensed its name to others.
