Sc. Obs. Only in pa. t. and pa. pple. licent. [? f. perc. But perh. cf. Eng. dial. licen’d = licensed.)] trans. To license, permit. Also absol.
1536. Bellenden, Cron. Scot. (1821), I. 104. The nobillis of Pichtis … war licent to returne hame.
1560. Rolland, Crt. Venus, III. 362. Thocht sa had bene his wife had bene on liue The law licent … for to haif ane Concubine.
