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To grant (one) express license or liberty to do an act; to authorize; to give leave; -- followed by an infinitive. Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Acis xxvi. 1.

rance, mercy, lowliness." Shak. Whose constant perseverance overcame Whate'er his cruel malice could invent. Milton.

A disease (morbus pediculous) consisting in the excessive multiplication of lice on the human body.

Licensed as a physician. [Obs.] "A physicianed apothecary." Walpole.

Specifically, a person duly qualified, and licensed by authority, to conduct vessels into and out of a port, or in certain waters, for a fixed rate of fees.

Permission given by authority; a license; as, to give a placard to do something. [Obs.] ller.

To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing. Planked shad, shad split open, fastened to a plank, and roasted before a wood fire.

Full; entire; complete; absolute; as, a plenary license; plenary authority. A treatise on a subject should be plenary or full. I. Watts. Plenary indulgence (R. C. Ch.), an entire remission of temporal punishment due to, or canonical penance for, all sins. -- Plenary inspiration. (Theol.) See under Inspiration.…

Containing or conferring full power; invested with full power; as, plenipotentiary license; plenipotentiary ministers. Howell.

The share of a plow, or that part which cuts the slice of earth or sod at the bottom of the furrow. Plowshare bone (Anat.), the pygostyle.

, or conceal, in the pocket; as, to pocket the change. He would pocket the expense of the license. Sterne.

e or the rhythmical quality of poetry; as, a poetical composition; poetical prose. Poetic license. See License, n., 4.

son; as, to poison an arrow; to poison food or drink. "The ingredients of our poisoned chalice." Shak.

Relating to the police. [R.]

Policed. [Obs.] Bacon.

A genus of plants of the order Filices or ferns. The fructifications are in uncovered roundish points, called sori, scattered over the inferior surface of the frond or leaf. There are numerous species.

and Spongiozoa. The principal divisions are Calcispongiæ, Keratosa or Fibrospongiæ, and Silicea.

Lascivious; licentious. [R.] F. Harrison.

Of or pertaining to pornography; lascivious; licentious; as, pornographic writing.

Licentious painting or literature; especially, the painting anciently employed to decorate the walls of rooms devoted to bacchanalian orgies.