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Permit   /pərmˈɪt/  /pˈərmˌɪt/   Listen
verb
Permit  v. t.  (past & past part. permitted; pres. part. permitting)  
1.
To consent to; to allow or suffer to be done; to tolerate; to put up with. "What things God doth neither command nor forbid... he permitteth with approbation either to be done or left undone."
2.
To grant (one) express license or liberty to do an act; to authorize; to give leave; followed by an infinitive. "Thou art permitted to speak for thyself."
3.
To give over; to resign; to leave; to commit. "Let us not aggravate our sorrows, But to the gods permit the event of things."
Synonyms: To allow; let; grant; admit; suffer; tolerate; endure; consent to. To Allow, Permit, Suffer, Tolerate. To allow is more positive, denoting (at least originally and etymologically) a decided assent, either directly or by implication. To permit is more negative, and imports only acquiescence or an abstinence from prevention. The distinction, however, is often disregarded by good writers. To suffer has a stronger passive or negative sense than to permit, sometimes implying against the will, sometimes mere indifference. To tolerate is to endure what is contrary to will or desire. To suffer and to tolerate are sometimes used without discrimination.


Permit  v. i.  To grant permission; to allow.


noun
Permit  n.  Warrant; license; leave; permission; specifically, a written license or permission given to a person or persons having authority; as, a permit to land goods subject to duty.


Permit  n.  
1.
A large pompano (Trachinotus goodei) of the West Indies, Florida, etc. It becomes about three feet long.
2.
The round pompano. (Trachinotus falcatus). (Local, U. S.)





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"Permit" Quotes from Famous Books



... a present which would leave no doubt as to my generosity and permit me to feel properly quits of her, as of a kept woman, but I should have felt that I was offending by the least appearance of trafficking, if not the love which she had for me, at all events the love which I ...
— Camille (La Dame aux Camilias) • Alexandre Dumas, fils
... Ecuador has implemented trade agreements with Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, and Venezuela and has applied for GATT membership. At the end of 1991, Ecuador received a standby IMF loan of $105 million, which will permit the country to proceed with the rescheduling of Paris Club debt. In September 1992, the government launched a new, macroeconomic program that gives more play to market forces; as of March 1993, the program seemed to be paying off. National product: GDP - exchange rate conversion - $11.8 ...
— The 1993 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
... the Royal family. His principal desire was to attend the French Academy; but as the Academy did not permit strangers to address their meetings, Jasmin was under the necessity of adopting another ...
— Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist • Samuel Smiles
... reply, unheard by his wife, who stole away to undress herself noiselessly, and laid herself down on her side of the bed as gently as her stiffened limbs would permit. ...
— Sylvia's Lovers -- Complete • Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
... rein loose. Clean hands? Saul, who consented to Stephen's death, was as red-handed as the man who hurled the first stone: what better was it to let the boy ride to his fate unaided? That way there was no cleansing of hands. To permit a preventable ...
— The Justice of the King • Hamilton Drummond


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