A Quick and Simple Dictionary

permit

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