Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Permute

Permute (pẽr*mūt") , transitive verb

[Latin permutare, permutatum; per + mutare to change: compare French permuter.]

1.
To interchange; to transfer reciprocally.
2.
To exchange; to barter; to traffic. [Obsolete]
Bought, trucked, permuted, or given. — Hakluyt