permit

  • 21permit — I n. 1) to grant, give a permit 2) to cancel, rescind, revoke a permit 3) a building (AE; BE has planning permission); work permit II v. 1) (H) they permitted her to leave 2) (K) who permitted their leaving early? * * * [ pɜːmɪt] give a permit… …

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  • 22permit — permit1 permittedly, adv. permittee /perr mi tee /, n. permitter, n. v. /peuhr mit /; n. /perr mit, peuhr mit /, v., permitted, permitting, n. v.t. 1. to allow to do something: Permit me to explain. 2 …

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  • 23permit — 1. verb /pəˈmɪt/ˈpəːmɪt,pəɹˈmɪt/ˈpəɹmɪt/ a) To hand over, resign (something to someone). Last week the decision on two points was conclusive: the Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A. will not permit ordination of women as ministers, but will… …

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  • 24permit — 1. verb I cannot permit you to leave I cannot permit your leaving Syn: allow, authorize, give someone permission, sanction, grant, give someone the right, license, empower, enable, entitle, qualify; give one s blessing to, give the nod to;… …

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  • 25permit of — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms permit of : present tense I/you/we/they permit of he/she/it permits of present participle permitting of past tense permitted of past participle permitted of formal permit of something to make something… …

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  • 26permit — verb (permitted, permitting) –verb (t) /pəˈmɪt / (say puh mit) 1. to allow (a person, etc.) to do something: permit me to explain. 2. to let (something) be done or occur: the law permits the sale of such drugs. 3. to tolerate; agree to. 4. to… …

  • 27permit — 1. verb To suffer, allow, consent, let; to give leave or license; to acquiesce, by failure to prevent, or to expressly assent or agree to the doing of an act 2. noun In general, any document which grants a person the right to do something. A… …

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  • 28permit — I. verb (permitted; permitting) Etymology: Middle English permitten, from Latin permittere to let through, permit, from per through + mittere to let go, send Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to consent to expressly or formally < permit&#8230; …

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  • 29Permit — Per|mit 〈[pœ:mıt] n. 15〉 Berechtigungs , Erlaubnis , Passier , Zugangsschein [&LT;engl. permit „Zulassung“ &LT;lat. permittere „erlauben, gestatten“] * * * Per|mit [ pə:mɪt ], das; s, s [engl. permit]: engl. Bez. für: Erlaubnis[schein]. * * *&#8230; …

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  • 30permit — I per•mit v. [[t]pərˈmɪt[/t]] n. [[t]ˈpɜr mɪt, pərˈmɪt[/t]] v. mit•ted, mit•ting, n. 1) to allow to do something: Permit me to explain[/ex] 2) to allow to be done or occur: laws permitting the sale of drugs[/ex] 3) to tolerate; consent to: a&#8230; …

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