permit
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verb \pər-ˈmit\per·mit·tedper·mit·ting
Definition of PERMIT
transitive verb
1
: to consent to expressly or formally <permit access to records>
2
: to give leave : authorize
3
: to make possible <the design permits easy access>
intransitive verb
: to give an opportunity : allow <if time permits>
— per·mit·tee \pər-ˌmi(t)-ˈtē, ˌpər-mi(t)-\ noun
— per·mit·ter noun
See Examples of PERMIT
- The judge permitted the release of the prisoner.
- Smoking is not permitted in the building.
- When we arrived at customs we realized we had more than the permitted number of items.
- He permitted himself one more cookie.
- The new ramp permits easier access to the highway.
Origin of PERMIT
Middle English permitten, from Latin permittere to let through, permit, from per- through + mittere to let go, send
First Known Use: 15th century
2per·mit
noun \ˈpər-ˌmit, pər-ˈ\Definition of PERMIT
1
: a written warrant or license granted by one having authority <a gun permit>
2
First Known Use of PERMIT
1682
3per·mit
noun \ˈpər-ˌmit, pər-ˈ\Definition of PERMIT
: either of two pompanos (Trachinotus falcatus and T. goodei) that are important game fishes of temperate to tropical waters of the western Atlantic
Origin of PERMIT
perhaps by folk etymology from Spanish palometa, a kind of pompano, from diminutive of paloma dove, from Latin palumba, palumbes — more at palomino
First Known Use: circa 1945
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