permit

Meanings

Verb

  • To allow (something) to happen, to give permission for.
  • To allow (someone) to do something; to give permission to.
  • To allow for, to make something possible.
  • To allow, to admit (of).
  • To grant formal authorization for (something).
  • To attempt to obtain or succeed in obtaining formal authorization for (something).
  • To hand over, resign (something to someone).

Noun

Origin

  • From Middle English permitten, borrowed from Middle French permettre, from Latin permittō ("give up, allow"), from per + mittō.
  • An irregular borrowing from Spanish palometa, probably from a Doric variant of Ancient Greek πηλαμύς.

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