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permiss

permiss noun: a choice that has been permitted.

Noun

permiss (plural permisses)

  1. A choice that has been permitted.
  2. A rhetorical device in which a thing is predicated on the decision of one's opponent.

Verb

permiss (third-person singular simple present permisses, present participle permissing, simple past and past participle permissed)

  1. (nonstandard, rare, transitive) To grant permission to; permit
    • The catheter was connected through a forked tube either with electromanometer (or a mercury manometer), or with a pressurized reservoir system through a cock permissing to switch arbitrarily one or the other.1977, Biochemistry and Experimental Biology - Volumes 13-14
    • It caused me to remenisce about the night that we had snuck off to the river, permissing things to naturally parallel into place.2011, Claudia Monteiro, Guardian

Forms of permiss

Noun
pluralpermisses
Verb
third-person singular presentpermisses
present participlepermissing
past participlepermissed
pastpermissed

Questions about permiss

What does permiss mean?
Permiss means a choice that has been permitted.
What part of speech is permiss?
Permiss can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of permiss?
The plural of permiss is permisses.

Words near permiss in the dictionary

  1. permineralizing
  2. perming
  3. permingeatite
  4. permiscible
  5. permish
  6. permiss
  7. permissable
  8. permissed
  9. permisses
  10. permissibilities
  11. permissibility

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