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PERMIT(law)
Permit(money)
permit(1)(dictionary)
permit(2)(dictionary)
work permit(dictionary)
permit 2, noun(dictionary)
permit 1, verb(dictionary)
learner's permit(dictionary)
Special Permit(law)

permit (iou)



permit verb. Infl. -tt-. LME.
[Latin permittere surrender, allow, formed as PER-1 + mittere let go.]
I. verb trans.
Commit, submit, resign, hand over, (a person or thing) to another person, force, influence, etc. LME-E19.
Allow the doing or occurrence of; give permission or opportunity for. L15.
R. Lynd The condition on which I should permit the exercise of their art. D. Murphy Even in our Spartan household bronchitic patients were permitted a fire in their bedroom.
Allow or give consent to (a person or thing) to do or experience something. Usu. foll. by to do. L15.
J. London If he will..permit you to accept a wedding present from me. J. Heller He was under house arrest for months before he was permitted to leave.
b. refl. Allow (oneself) to indulge in an activity, a condition or state, etc. L17.
Let pass, pass by, pass over, omit. M16-L17.
II.
verb intrans. Give an opportunity; allow something. M16.
weather permitting: see WEATHER noun.
b. Foll. by of: allow for, admit of. M19.
B. Bettelheim The concentration camp permits of no really successful defence.
permittable adjective = PERMISSIBLE L16-M18.
permittance noun (a) = PERMISSION 1; (b) Physics = CAPACITANCE: L16-E20.
permi'ttee noun a person to whom something is (formally) permitted; the recipient or holder of a permit: M19.
per'mitter noun M17.