1. (n.) One who has a license to exercise a profession; as, a licentiate in medicine or theology.

2. (n.) A friar authorized to receive confessions and grant absolution in all places, independently of the local clergy.

3. (n.) One who acts without restraint, or takes a liberty, as if having a license therefor.

4. (n.) On the continent of Europe, a university degree intermediate between that of bachelor and that of doctor.

5. (v. t.) To give a license to.