patent (n.) Old form(s): pattent
carte blanche, formal permission
AW IV.v.64[Countess to Lafew, of Bertram giving the Clown permission to stay] which he thinks is a patent for his sauciness
Oth IV.i.196[Iago to Othello, of Desdemona] If you are so fond over her iniquity, give her patent to offend
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