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licit, a.|ˈlɪsɪt|
Also 5 licyte, lycite, -yte, 7 licite.
[ad. L. licit-us (pa. pple. of licēre to be lawful, either directly, or through F. licite).]
Allowable, permitted, lawful.
1483Caxton Cato A v b, She [the wife] ought to..obeye to hym in al thynges lycite and honeste. 1490― Eneydos xix. 70 To a peple yssued out of strange lande, is licyte to seke strange places for theyr dwellynge. 1587Fleming Contn. Holinshed III. 388/1 Such a thing is not licit to a particular. 1656Blount Glossogr., Licite, lawful, granted. 1757Herald No. 4 (1758) I. 54 Whether in our exchange commodities with Holland, the ballance is for or against us in licit trade. 1826Lamb Let. xvi. To B. Barton 147 A friend's wife, whom I really love (..I mean in a licit way). 1864R. F. Burton Dahome I. 116 The natives of Whydah give the licit dealer scanty encouragement. 1884Contemp. Rev. Feb. 259 Abstinence..from things in themselves licit. 1892Times 11 Feb. 9/4 The consumption of licit or duty-paid opium. 1897Baring-Gould in Expositor Sept. 203 To obtain the recognition of Christianity apart from Judaism as a licit religion in the empire.
Hence ˈlicitly, in a licit manner, lawfully; ˈlicitness, the quality of being licit, lawfulness.
1483Caxton Cato B ij, Thow oughtest to thynke ofte how..lycytly thou shalt mowe come to thyn intention. 1788R. Harris (title) Scriptural Researches on the Licitness of the Slave Trade. 1806Throckmorton Consid. 38 The question may be licitly discussed on the ground of expediency. 1855R. Boyle Case with Wiseman 27 Whether he could deprive me of saying Mass licitly. 1881Sala in Illustr. Lond. News 7 May 443 Not so much as a glass of lager beer could the privates licitly obtain. 1884Catholic Dict. 629/2 To receive holy orders..licitly, it is necessary to be in a state of grace. |