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permit

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a legal document giving official permission to do something(noun.communication)

Synonym:
licence, license

source: wordnet30
the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization(noun.act)

Synonym:
license, permission

source: wordnet30
large game fish; found in waters of the West Indies(noun.animal)

Synonym:
trachinotus falcatus

source: wordnet30
Warrant; license; leave; permission; specifically, a written license or permission given to a person or persons having authority; as, a permit to land goods subject to duty.(noun)

source: webster1913
A large pompano (Trachinotus goodei) of the West Indies, Florida, etc. It becomes about three feet long.(noun)

source: webster1913

consent to, give permission(verb.communication)

Example:
She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband.

Synonym:
allow, countenance, let
Antonym:
disallow, forbid, interdict, nix, prohibit, proscribe, veto

source: wordnet30
make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen(verb.social)

Example:
This permits the water to rush in.
This will permit the rain to run off.

Synonym:
allow, let
Antonym:
keep, prevent

source: wordnet30
allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting(verb.communication)

Example:
Children are not permitted beyond this point.

Synonym:
allow, tolerate

source: wordnet30
To consent to; to allow or suffer to be done; to tolerate; to put up with.(verb)

source: webster1913
To grant permission; to allow.(verb)

source: webster1913

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