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Definition permit

Etymology 1

From Middle English permitten, borrowed from Middle French permettre, from Latin permitt? (“give up, allow”), from per (“through”) + mitt? (“send”).

Verb

permit (third-person singular simple present permits, present participle permitting, simple past and past participle permitted)

1. (transitive) To allow (something) to happen, to give permission for. [from 15th c.]
2. (transitive) To allow (someone) to do something; to give permission to. [from 15th c.]
3. (intransitive) To allow for, to make something possible. [from 16th c.]
4. (intransitive) To allow, to admit (of). [from 18th c.]
5. (transitive, pronounced like noun) To grant formal authorization for (something).
6. (transitive, pronounced like noun) To attempt to obtain or succeed in obtaining formal authorization for (something).
7. (now archaic, rare) To hand over, resign (something to someone). [from 15th c.]

Noun

permit (plural permits)

1. An artifact or document rendering something allowed or legal. [from 17th c.]
   1. A learner's permit.
2. (obsolete) Formal permission. [16th-19th c.]

Etymology 2

An irregular borrowing from Spanish palometa, probably from a Doric variant of Ancient Greek ??????? (p?lamús, “young tuna”).

Noun

permit (plural permit)

1. A pompano of the species Trachinotus falcatus.

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