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patentlike

adj

Etymology

From patent + -like.

  1. derived from patentes lettres — “document granting an office, privilege, right, etc., or making a decree”
  2. derived from lettres patentes
  3. derived from lettres patentes
  4. derived from patente
  5. inherited from patent — “document granting an office, property, right, title, etc.; document granting permission, licence; papal indulgence, pardon”
  6. suffixed as patentlike — “patent + like”

Definitions

  1. Having some characteristics of a patent.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA