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permissing

permissing is the present participle and gerund of permiss.

Meaning of permiss

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

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Questions about permissing

What is permissing the present participle and gerund of?
Permissing is the present participle and gerund of permiss.

Words near permissing in the dictionary

  1. permissibility
  2. permissible
  3. permissibleness
  4. permissibles
  5. permissibly
  6. permissing
  7. permission
  8. permission slip
  9. permission slips
  10. permission structure
  11. permission structures

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