licensed

licensed
    adj 1: given official approval to act; "an accredited college";
           "commissioned broker"; "licensed pharmacist"; "authorized
           representative" [syn: {accredited}, {commissioned},
           {licensed}, {licenced}]
    

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.

   Syn: licence, certify. [1913 Webster]
    

Licensed \Li"censed\ (l[imac]"senst), a.
   Having a license; permitted or authorized by license; as, a
   licensed victualer; a licensed traffic.

   Syn: accredited, commissioned, licenced.
        [1913 Webster]

   {Licensed victualer}, one who has a license to keep an inn or
      eating house; esp., a victualer who has a license to sell
      intoxicating liquors.
      [1913 Webster]
    

25 Moby Thesaurus words for "licensed":
      authorized, chartered, empowered, enfranchised, entitled, excepted,
      excused, exempt, exempted, favored, franchised, immune,
      irresponsible, let off, patented, permitted, privileged, released,
      sanctioned, spared, unaccountable, unanswerable, unliable,
      unsubject, warranted