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permitting (of)

present participle of permit (of)
as in allowing (of)
to make possible especially to the exclusion of other possibilities the photo is too grainy to permit of anything more than a slight enlargement

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“Permitting (of).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/permitting%20%28of%29. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.

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