permit
Definition of permit:
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part of speech: noun
Permission, esp. from a custom- house officer to remove goods.
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part of speech: noun
A written licence or permission by the custom- house authorities, showing that the duties on certain goods that are removed have been paid; leave.
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part of speech: verb
To give leave to: to allow: to afford means:- pr. p. permitting; pa. t. and pa. p. permitted.
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Common misspellings:
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- aloue (1.1%)
- pemit (5.7%)
- permint (5.7%)
- permition (1.1%)
- permite (21.8%)
- premit (18.4%)
- oermit (2.3%)
- pernit (3.4%)
- permist (3.4%)
- perment (3.4%)
- pemited (1.1%)
- permitt (21.8%)
- pemrit (2.3%)
- premits (1.1%)
- permittine (2.3%)
- apermit (2.3%)
- perit (2.3%)
Usage examples for permit:
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Permit me to show you that you can't.
"The Silver Horde" – Rex Beach -
Then permit me to say again, gentlemen, that I am much more surprised to see you than you can be to see me.
"Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France" – Stanley J. Weyman -
" Our first business is to move on Washington and get the permit Macloud returned.
"In Her Own Right" – John Reed Scott -
A many do come to see the 'ouse, ma'm, with a permit from 'is lordship, ma'm.
"The Mountain Girl" – Payne Erskine
