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'permit' - used as a noun
1. a legal document giving official permission to do something
2. the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
3. large game fish; found in waters of the West Indies

'permit' - used as a verb
4. consent to, give permission
She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband
5. make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
This permits the water to rush in
This will permit the rain to run off
6. allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting
Children are not permitted beyond this point

derived forms
1. Permit / Plural
permits
2. Permit / Past
permitted
3. Permit / Third Person
permits
4. Permit / Present Participle
permitting
Variations of 'permit'
 
Antonym
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