2. Verb. (third-person singular of permit) ¹
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Definition of Permits
1. permit [v] - See also: permit
Lexicographical Neighbors of Permits
Literary usage of Permits
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of International Law by American Society of International Law (1918)
"In applying for these border permits they shall fill out such forms, ...
The special permits so issued shall be valid for travel across the Mexican border ..."
2. Report of the Committee on Inquiry Into the Departments of Health, Charities by New York (N.Y.). Board of estimate and apportionment. Committee on inquiry into the Departments of health, charities, and Bellevue and allied hospitals, George McAneny, Henry Collier Wright (1913)
"Although the total number of permits and transfers, 3243, approximates 3219, the
total admissions according to the register, there were found only 2268 ..."
3. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1858)
"The permits were delivered a week or longer after the defendants had advanced
... The delivery of these permits, gave to the defendants no control whatever ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1914)
"There are 15000 permits in force for such special uses, ... This figure does not
include any of the 27000 permits in force for grazing cattle and sheep on ..."
5. The Spirit of Laws by Charles de Secondat Montesquieu (1794)
"X, In what Cafe we ought to follow the Civil Law which permits, and not the Law
of Religion which forbids. "WHEN a religion which prohibits polygamy is ..."