Permit
Permit , transitive verb
[Latin permittere, permissum, to let through, to allow, permit; per + mittere to let go, send. See Per-, and Mission.]
1.
To consent to; to allow or suffer to be done; to tolerate; to put up with.
What things God doth neither command nor forbid... he permitteth with approbation either to be done or left undone.
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.
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.
Permit , intransitive verb
To grant permission; to allow.
Permit , noun
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.
Permit , noun
[Compare Sp. palamida a kind of scombroid fish.]
(a)
A large pompano (Trachinotus goodei) of the West Indies, Florida, etc. It becomes about three feet long.
(b)
The round pompano. (Trachinotus falcatus). [Local, United States]