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  • 31permit — v. & n. v. (permitted, permitting) 1 tr. give permission or consent to; authorize (permit me to say). 2 a tr. allow; give an opportunity to (permit the traffic to flow again). b intr. give an opportunity (circumstances permitting). 3 intr. (foll …

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  • 32permit of — per ˈmit of [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they permit of he/she/it permits of present participle permitting of past tense permitted of …

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  • 33permit — a permit is a document giving the holder the right to operate in a fishery according to the terms established by the regulating authority. Also called a license …

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  • 34permit — See allow. See allow, permit …

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  • 35permit — Synonyms and related words: OK, accede to, accept, accord, accord to, accredit, admit, affirm, agree to, allow, allowance, amen, approve, approve of, assent, authenticate, authority, authorization, authorize, autograph, be willing, brook,… …

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  • 36Permit — Per|mit 〈[pœ:mıt] n.; Gen.: s, Pl.: s〉 Berechtigungs , Erlaubnis , Passier , Zugangsschein [Etym.: <engl. permit »Zulassung« <lat. permittere »erlauben, gestatten«] …

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  • 37Permit — Per|mit [ pə:mit] das; s, s <aus engl. permit> engl. Bez. für Erlaubnis, Erlaubnisschein …

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  • 38permit — [15] Permit is one of a large family of English words (including also admit, commit, etc) which go back to Latin mittere ‘let go, send’. Combination with the prefix per ‘through’ produced permittere ‘let go, give up’, hence ‘allow’. Amongst… …

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  • 39permit of — formal allow for; admit of. → permit …

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  • 40permit — permit1 verb pə mɪt (permits, permitting, permitted) 1》 give permission to (someone) or for (something); allow. 2》 make possible. 3》 (permit of) formal allow for; admit of. noun pə:mɪt an official document giving permission to do something.… …

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