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■ verb pə'mɪt ( ~s , ~ting , ~ted )
1》 give permission to (someone) or for (something); allow.
2》 make possible.
3》 ( ~ of ) formal allow for; admit of.
■ noun 'pə:mɪt an official document giving permission to do something.
Derivatives
~tee noun
~ter noun
Origin
ME: from L. ~tere , from per- 'through' + mittere 'send, let go'.
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~ 2 [ 'pə:mɪt ]
■ noun a deep-bodied fish of the jack family, found in warm waters of the western Atlantic and Caribbean and caught for food and sport. [ Trachinotus falcatus .]
Origin
alt. of Sp. palometa 'little dove'.