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Licentiate


LICEN'TIATE, noun [from Latin licentia.]

1. One who has a license; as a licentiate in physic or medicine.

2. In Spain, one who has a degree; as a licentiate in law or divinity. The officers of justice are mostly distinguished by this title.

LICEN'TIATE, verb transitive To give license or permission.