permit1
v.
/
pəˈmɪt/
(permits, permitting, permitted)
- give permission to (someone) or for (something); allow.
- make possible.
-
(permit of)
formal allow for; admit of.
n.
/
ˈpəːmɪt/
an official document giving permission to do something.
Derivative
- permittee n.
- permitter n.
Etymology
ME: from L. permittere, from per- ‘through’ + mittere ‘send, let go’.
permit2
/
ˈpəːmɪt/
n.
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.]
Etymology
alt. of Sp. palometa ‘little dove’.