Permit Definition

pər-mĭt
permits, permitted, permitting
verb
permits, permitted, permitting
To allow; consent to; tolerate.
Smoking is not permitted here.
Webster's New World
To give opportunity or possibility.
If the weather permits.
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To give permission to; authorize.
To permit the demonstrators to march in the street.
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To give opportunity for.
To permit light to enter.
Webster's New World

(now archaic, rare) To hand over, resign (something to someone). [from 15th c.]

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noun
permits
Permission, esp. in writing.
Webster's New World
A document granting permission; license; warrant.
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An Atlantic pompano fish (Trachinotus falcatus) found esp. in the Caribbean.
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A printed postal indicia, stamped ticket, etc.
Postal permit, parking permit.
Webster's New World

A pompano of the species Trachinotus falcatus.

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Other Word Forms of Permit

Noun

Singular:
permit
Plural:
permits

Origin of Permit

  • Alteration of Spanish palometa a species of pompano (Trachinotus ovatus), any of several other species of fish probably ultimately from Doric Greek pālamus, pālamud- variant of Greek pēlamus, pēlamud- young tuna, tuna in its first year of unknown origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • An irregular borrowing from Spanish palometa, probably from a Doric variant of Ancient Greek πηλαμύς (pilamus, “young tuna").

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English permitten from Latin permittere per- through per– mittere to let go

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin permittō (“give up, allow"), from per (“through") + mittō (“send").

    From Wiktionary

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