[per.mit] vb per.mit.ted ; per.mit.ting [ME permitten, fr. L permittere to let through, permit, fr. per- through + mittere to let go, send] vt (15c) 1: to consent to expressly or formally "~ access to records"
2: to give leave: authorize
3: to make possible ~ vi: to give an opportunity: allow "if time ~s" -- per.mit.tee n -- per.mit.ter n
[2]per.mit n (1682) 1: a written warrant or license granted by one having authority "a gun ~"
2: permission [3]permit n [perh. by folk etymology fr. Sp palometa, a kind of pompano, fr. dim. of paloma dove, fr. L palumba, palumbes--more at palomino] (ca. 1945): either of two pompanos (Trachinotus falcatus and T. goodei) that are important game fishes of temperate to tropical waters of the western Atlantic