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patent: a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention; an official document granting a right or privilege; (of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage; "patent ductus arteriosus"; make open to sight or notice; "His behavior has patented an embarrassing fact about him"; obtain a patent for; "Should I patent this invention?"; grant rights to; grant a patent for

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diploma collapse: a document certifying the successful completion of a course of study

brevet collapse: a document entitling a commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily (but without higher pay); promote somebody by brevet, in the military

overt collapse: open and observable; not secret or hidden; "an overt lie"; "overt hostility"; "overt intelligence gathering"; "open ballots"

charter collapse: a document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights; includes the articles of incorporation and the certificate of incorporation; a contract to hire or lease transportation; grant a charter to

liberty collapse: freedom of choice; "liberty of opinion"; "liberty of worship"; "liberty--perfect liberty--to think or feel or do just as one pleases"; "at liberty to choose whatever occupation one wishes"; personal freedom from servitude or confinement or oppression

entitle collapse: give a title to; give the right to; "The Freedom of Information Act entitles you to request your FBI file"

franchise collapse: a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote); an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place; a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area; grant a franchise to

self-explanatory collapse: needing no explanation

enfranchise collapse: grant voting rights

legalize collapse: make legal; "Marijuana should be legalized"

quarter note collapse: a musical note having the time value of a quarter of a whole note

keep alive collapse

anemometer collapse: a gauge for recording the speed and direction of wind

inhalant collapse: a medication to be taken by inhaling it; something that is inhaled; inhaling or serving for inhalation; "an inhalant pore"

tisane collapse: infusion of e.g. dried or fresh flowers or leaves

round robin collapse: a letter signed by a number of people; a tournament in which every contestant plays every other contestant

quadrat collapse

billet doux collapse

love letter collapse: a personal letter to a loved one expressing affection

patent medicine collapse: medicine that is protected by a patent and available without a doctor's prescription

nestle collapse: position comfortably; "The baby nestled her head in her mother's elbow"; lie in a sheltered position; "The little cottage nestles in the forest"

well-defined collapse: accurately stated or described; "a set of well-defined values"

empower collapse: give or delegate power or authority to; "She authorized her assistant to sign the papers"

openhanded collapse

open-and-shut collapse: so obvious as to be easily solved or decided; "an open-and-shut case"

palpable collapse: capable of being perceived by the senses or the mind; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt; "a barely palpable dust"; "felt sudden anger in a palpable wave"; "the air was warm and close--palpable as cotton"; can be felt by palpation; "a palpable tumor"

letters of marque collapse

leather collapse: an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning; beat with a lather strap

clean cut collapse

enable collapse: render capable or able for some task; "This skill will enable you to find a job on Wall Street"; "The rope enables you to secure yourself when you climb the mountain"

self-evident collapse

indubitable collapse

dead letter collapse: mail that can neither be delivered nor returned; the state of something that has outlived its relevance

exemption collapse: an act exempting someone; "he was granted immunity from prosecution"; a deduction allowed to a taxpayer because of his status (having certain dependents or being blind or being over 65 etc.); "additional exemptions are allowed for each dependent"; immunity from an obligation or duty

medication collapse: the act of treating with medicines or remedies

perceivable collapse: capable of being perceived especially by sight or hearing; "perceivable through the mist"

draw the line collapse: reasonably object (to) or set a limit (on); "I draw the line when it comes to lending money to friends!"

obvious collapse: easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind; "obvious errors"

unambiguous collapse: having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; "As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous"- Mario Vargas Llosa

seeable collapse

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