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.
Acis xxvi. 1. 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.
Addison. Syn. — 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
(Per*mit"), v. i. To grant permission; to allow.
Permit
(Per"mit) 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.
Permittance
(Per*mit"tance) n. The act of permitting; allowance; permission; leave. Milton.
Permittee
(Per`mit*tee") n. One to whom a permission or permit is given.
Permitter
(Per*mit"ter) n. One who permits.
A permitter, or not a hinderer, of sin.
J. Edwards. Permix
(Per*mix") v. t. To mix; to mingle. [Obs.]
Permixtion
(Per*mix"tion) n. See Permission.
Permutable
(Per*mut"a*ble) a. [Cf. F. permutable.] Capable of being permuted; exchangeable. —
Per*mut"a*ble*ness, n. — Per*mut"a*bly, adv.
Permutation
(Per`mu*ta"tion) n. [L. permutatio: cf. F. permutation. See Permute.]
1. The act of permuting; exchange of the thing for another; mutual transference; interchange.
The violent convulsions and permutations that have been made in property.
Burke. 2. (Math.) (a) The arrangement of any determinate number of things, as units, objects, letters, etc.,
in all possible orders, one after the other; — called also alternation. Cf. Combination, n., 4. (b) Any
one of such possible arrangements.
3. (Law) Barter; exchange.
Permutation lock, a lock in which the parts can be transposed or shifted, so as to require different
arrangements of the tumblers on different occasions of unlocking.
Permute
(Per*mute") v. t. [L. permutare, permutatum; per + mutare to change: cf. F. permuter.]
1. To interchange; to transfer reciprocally.
