License and Recognize

License

License verb - To give official or legal power to.

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Recognize and license are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Recognize" instead a verb "License".

Recognize verb - Grant credentials to.

Usage example: recognize an academic degree

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License and recognize are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "License" instead a verb "Recognize".

character	license character	recognize character
name	license name	recognize name
characters	license characters	recognize characters
theme	license theme	recognize theme
Other words: music, song, friends.

That could be poetic license (on the part of the characters, not the writers)—this conceit is used to create a universal language anyone could recognize if they had a very basic understanding of chemistry and physics.

Source: Artistic License Chemistry
Even hobbyists recognize the draw of a good license; many home-made games have been based on popular pop-culture icons including Ghostbusters, Star Fox, and The Matrix.

Source: Licensed Pinball Tables
In some instances, NRA-certified instructors have an official status in gun training and hunting; most states that license the carrying of concealed weapons specifically recognize NRA instructors by statute.

Source: Useful Notes / American Gun Politics

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