permit
per·mit1 • v. / pərˈmit/ (-mit·ted, -mit·ting) [tr.] give authorization or consent to (someone) to do something: the law permits councils to monitor any factory emitting smoke | he would not permit anybody access to the library. ∎ [tr.] authorize or give permission for (something): the country is not ready to permit any rice imports. ∎ [tr.] (of a thing, circumstance, or condition) provide an opportunity or scope for (something) to take place; make possible: some properties are too small to permit mechanized farming| [intr.] when weather permits, lunches are served outside. ∎ [intr.] (permit of) dated allow for; admit of: the camp permits of no really successful defense.• n. / ˈpərmit/ an official document giving someone authorization to do something: he is only in Britain on a work permit. ∎ official or formal permission to do something: parking on University grounds is by permit only.PHRASES: permit me dated used for politeness before making a suggestion or expressing an intention: permit me to correct you.—— permitting if the specified thing does not prevent one from doing something: weather permitting, guests can dine outside on the veranda.DERIVATIVES: per·mit·tee / ˌpərmiˈtē/ n.per·mit·ter / pərˈmitər/ n.per·mit2 / ˈpərmit/ • n. a deep-bodied fish (Trachinotus falcatus) of the jack family, found in warm waters of the western Atlantic and Caribbean and caught for food and sport.