I. pər-ˈmit verb
( per·mit·ted ; per·mit·ting )
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 access to records
2. : to give leave : authorize
3. : to make possible
the design permit s easy access
intransitive verb
: to give an opportunity : allow
if time permit s
• per·mit·tee pər-ˌmi(t)-ˈtē, ˌpər-mi(t)- noun
• per·mit·ter noun
II. ˈpər-ˌmit, pər-ˈ noun
Date: 1682
1. : a written warrant or license granted by one having authority
a gun permit
2. : permission
III. ˈpər-ˌmit, pər-ˈ noun
Etymology: perhaps by folk etymology from Spanish palometa, a kind of pompano, from diminutive of paloma dove, from Latin palumba, palumbes — more at palomino
Date: circa 1945
: either of two pompanos ( Trachinotus falcatus and T. goodei ) that are important game fishes of temperate to tropical waters of the western Atlantic