Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.