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What does permit mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word permit? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (now archaic, rare) To hand over, resign (something to someone). [from 15th c.]
  2. (transitive) To allow (something) to happen, to give permission for. [from 15th c.]
  3. (transitive) To allow (someone) to do something; to give permission to. [from 15th c.]
  4. (intransitive) To allow for, to make something possible. [from 16th c.]
  5. (intransitive) To allow, to admit (of). [from 18th c.]
  6. (transitive, pronounced like noun) To grant formal authorization for (something).
  7. (transitive, pronounced like noun) To attempt to obtain or succeed in obtaining formal authorization for (something).
Noun
  1. (obsolete) Formal permission. [16th-19th c.]
  2. An artifact or document rendering something allowed or legal. [from 17th c.]
Noun
  1. A pompano of the species Trachinotus falcatus.
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