permitted

Verb

permit (third-person singular simple present permits, present participle permitting, simple past and past participle permitted)

1. (transitive) To allow (something) to happen, to give permission for.
   • Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 48
2. (transitive) To allow (someone) to do something; to give permission to.
   • He was ultimately cleared, but during that period, Mr. Ackman said, his lawyers would not permit him to defend himself publicly.2009, Patricia Cohen, New York Times, 17 Jan 09, p. 1
3. (intransitive) To allow for, to make something possible.
   • What was left to say? Quite a lot, if only parliamentary time permitted.2006 December 3, Mary Riddell, “Trident is a Weapon of Mass Destruction”, in The Observer
4. (intransitive) To allow, to admit (of).
   • "You English are always so frivolous," said the Princess. "In Russia we have too many troubles to permit of our being light-hearted."1910, Saki [pseudonym; Hector Hugh Munro], “Reginald in Russia”, in Reginald in Russia and Other Sketches, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC, page 4
5. (transitive, pronounced like noun) To grant formal authorization for (something).
   • The Building Department permitted that project last week.
6. (transitive, pronounced like noun) To attempt to obtain or succeed in obtaining formal authorization for (something).
   • We've been busy permitting the State Street development.

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