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licet

American  
[lee-ket, lahy-set] / ˈli kɛt, ˈlaɪ sɛt /
Latin.
  1. it is allowed.


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Hoc potest fortasse capiatur sicut confirmationem quod aliquid horrendum quidem agatur in sanctarum aedium, licet percontationibus ostendere habere perfecte bonum material explicatione.

From Slate • Feb. 11, 2013

Arma nondum licet deponere, meae sorores, nee proeliurn tarn Ion-gum tamque difficile nobis est relin-quendum.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nulla mihi, Luca, de te medicamina posco, Ipse licet medicus sis, licet aeger ego: Quippe ego in exemplum fidei dum te mihi pono, Tu, medice, ipse mihi es tu medicina mea.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard

Again, the remonstrance of Micio to Demea,  Si esses homo, Sineres nunc facere, dum per aetatem licet, expresses the philosophy of many of his love poems and his drinking songs.

From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.

Quam tamen formam in iis solum, et in aliis similibus mortis periculis, ad plures simul baptizandos, et ubi tempus non patitur, ut singuli separatim baptizentur, alias numquam, licet adhibere.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin

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