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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

Si concedimus, eos, qui corpora in mundi spatio moveri eademque non moveri posse dicunt, insulsa loqui, praesumere non licet hominem astronomum talem sententiam elocuturum utque eam demonstraret operam daturum esse.

From The Sun changes its position in space therefore it cannot be regarded as being "in a condition of rest" by Tischner, August

Corpus amet, licet, illa suum, neque sidera malit: Quod vinc'lum est aliis, hoc habet illa domum.

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

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