licet
[lee-ket; English lahy-set]
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Latin.
it is allowed.
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On the absence of ut with licet and oportet, see paragraph 8.
New Latin GrammarCharles E. Bennett
This is regularly the case with necesse est, licet, and oportet; see 6.
New Latin GrammarCharles E. Bennett
Tunc enim dolore victi, licet eum ne gemitu quidem significent, linquuntur animo, & exanimes aliquando concidunt.
Christianis licet ex mandato magistratus arma portare et justa bella administrare.
Military Manners and CustomsJames Anson Farrer
Enatum inde monumentum aere perennius, licet passim appareant sinistre dicta, minus perfecta, veritati non satis consentanea.
Memoirs of My Life and WritingsEdward Gibbon