permit

per-mit · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    To allow someone to do something; to give permission.

  2. 2.

    An official document giving someone authorization to do something.

  3. 3.

    To make something possible; to enable.

Related words

Antonyms: ban, forbid, prohibit
See also: allow, license, permission
Synonyms: allow, authorize, let

Etymology

From Latin permittere ("to let through, allow"), from per ("through") + mittere ("to let go, send").