单词 | permit |
释义 | permitn.1ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [noun] > formal or authoritative permission authorization1472 ratihabitation1502 ratihabition1516 permit1517 toleration1517 tolerance1539 warrantise1580 clearance1944 1517 in R. K. Hannay Acts Lords of Council Public Affairs (1932) 89 That he may hayf a lettir of permit that he sall hayf the samyn agane with all profetis. 1730 H. Fielding Rape upon Rape iv. vii. 57 He that would sin with Impunity, must have thy Permit. 1733 in W. W. Wilkins Polit. Ballads (1860) II. 238 For sure 'tis unjust as well as unfit We should sell our own goods without their permit. 1816 J. Bentham Introductory View 14 in Extract Constit. Code: Official Aptitude Maximized If the fraternity of lawyers..could not find adequate inducement for giving it their permit. 1885 Law Times 78 393/2 The rank of Q. C. is..merely a permit to a barrister to do a certain kind of barristerial work. 2. A document giving permission to do something; a licence, warrant, or pass. Formerly esp.: a licence to import or export dutiable goods.Now frequently with modifying word, as residence, travel, work permit, etc.: see the first element. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [noun] > document which permits or authorizes placard1482 warranta1513 placket1571 placate1572 licence1598 permission1607 purwanah1619 permit1649 furlougha1658 legitimation1660 chitty1698 chop1699 cedula1724 ticket of leave1732 chit1757 stiff1892 1649 Perfect & Particuler Relation Severall Marches & Proc. Armie Ireland 6 According to the contents of this last Letter, my Lord sent a permit unto him for his Agents to come, and return safely. 1682 Gen. Laws in W. Brigham Compact with Charter & Laws of Colony of New Plymouth (1836) II. 194 Noe foraigne Indian..shalbe suffered to hunt in any Towne or Plantation of this Collonie without a p [er] mitt from a Majestrate. 1714 tr. French Bk. of Rates 122 The Goods shall be again visited..and the Sufferance or Permit shall be examined by the Clarks of the Office. 1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 299 Here we lay..not having a Permit from the Chautuck, which Permit they call a Chop. 1787 J. Beekman Let. 17 Nov. in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) III. 1144 There will be no need of your sending us any Discharge..we having obtained a Permit to land the Merchandize. 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) iv. 41 As if animal spirits were contraband, and their possession without a permit, a high crime and misdemeanour. 1860 Mercantile Marine Mag. 7 157 Vessels are not allowed to leave..the..Dock until they have presented their permits to the..Dock Master. 1884 Times (Weekly ed.) 10 Oct. 13/1 The Serf was required to carry a written permit or passport. 1952 R. C. Hutchinson Recoll. of Journey vii. 163 No one's allowed to move as much as five kilometres without a permit. 1992 Lakota Times (Rapid City, S. Dakota) 3 June a3/4 They never got a permit because, until recently, the tribe never required one. Compounds C1. permit card n. ΚΠ 1939 Times 18 Jan. 9/2 He would..expect the permit card to state precisely which apparatus had been isolated from all live parts. 2003 Boston Globe (Nexis) 2 Jan. 2 The Stoneham Building Department will not conduct building..inspections unless the approved, stamped permit card is on the job site. permit holder n. ΚΠ 1918 Times 11 June 10/6 May we collect your waste paper?.. The Salvation Army is permit holder No. 1. 1991 Prorodeo Sports News 18 Sept. 22/3 All circuit card and permit holders who won money in the 1991 circuit season must enter through PROCOM. permit office n. ΚΠ 1734 Late Excise Scheme dissected 43 He must have gone to the Permit-Office, for a Permit to have been delivered with it to the Buyer. 1873 J. W. Bear Life & Trav. 233 The men composing the Inspectors Department were a better class of men and better Union men, than those that were in the Permit office. 1993–4 TLC for Plants Winter 9/3 Write Agriculture Canada (Agriculture Canada, Plant Protection Division, Permit Office, Ottawa, Canada, K1A 0A6), stating that you wish to import some citrus. permit writer n. ΚΠ 1731 G. Miège Present State Great Brit. (ed. 7) 120 Permit Writers for Brandy, Coffee, and Tea. 1860 Times 12 May 12/7 Mr. William Lemon, late permit writer, Glasgow collection, has been appointed permit writer in London South Collection. 2003 Charleston (W. Va.) Daily Mail (Nexis) 3 Nov. 2 a A permit writer for the Division of Water and Waste Management..said the state only uses dilution calculations when the water..is less than 40 percent of the overall flow. C2. permit-man n. rare a man responsible for issuing or checking permits. ΚΠ 1774 Ash-Wednesday 1 Our Governors have coaxed us to part with..our money..by which means they keep up the following Standing Armies to keep the subject in Awe..Excisemen, Permit-men, Custom-house Officers.., Pensioners, and soldiers. 1926 T. E. Lawrence Seven Pillars (subscribers' ed.) lvii. 300 A mixed body of Egyptian and British military police came round the train... It was proper to make war on permit-men, so I replied crisply. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). permitn.2 Any of several deep-bodied carangid fishes of the genus Trachinotus that are found in warm waters of the western Atlantic and the Caribbean; spec. T. falcatus, which is fished for sport and for food. ΚΠ 1884 G. B. Goode in G. B. Goode et al. Fisheries U.S.: Sect. I 329 The African pompano—Trachynotus goreensis... In the Gulf of Mexico it is not unusual, being known at Key West as the ‘Permit’. 1911 Rep. Comm. U.S. Bureau Fisheries 1908 314/1 Other species [of pompano] found on our eastern coast are the ‘old-wife’.., the ‘round pompano’, or ‘Indian River permit’; the ‘permit’ or ‘great pompano’. 1990 Connoisseur Sept. 100/1 Most permit seen on the flats weigh between five and fifteen pounds. 1994 N.Y. Times 27 Nov. v. 12/2 Most guests come seeking fly fishing's Grand Slam, hoping to land a bonefish, a permit and a tarpon—the sport's Big Three. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). permitv. 1. transitive. To commit, submit, hand over, leave, resign, or yield (frequently to or unto a person, authority, etc.). Now archaic and rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > relinquish or give up [verb (transitive)] forsakec893 forlet971 to reach upOE agiveOE yield?c1225 uptake1297 up-yield1297 yield1297 deliverc1300 to-yielda1375 overgivec1384 grant1390 forbeara1400 livera1400 forgoc1400 upgive1415 permit1429 quit1429 renderc1436 relinquish1479 abandonc1485 to hold up?1499 enlibertyc1500 surrender1509 cess1523 relent1528 to cast up?1529 resignate1531 uprender1551 demit1563 disclaim1567 to fling up1587 to give up1589 quittance1592 vail1593 enfeoff1598 revoke1599 to give off1613 disownc1620 succumb1632 abdicate1633 delinquish1645 discount1648 to pass away1650 to turn off1667 choke1747 to jack up1870 chuck up (the sponge)1878 chuckc1879 unget1893 sling1902 to jack in1948 punt1966 to-leave- 1429 in H. M. Flasdieck Mittelengl. Originalurkunden (1926) 75 (MED) Any oþer landez þat bene entailet to hym in any wyse he þermittith [read permittith]. 1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel Ep. Ded. f. 4v Whiche my labours I permitte to the iugement of the godly and lerned. 1617 W. Raleigh Hist. World (new ed.) i. v. v. §7. 691 That..they should wholly permit themselues to the good pleasure of the Senate. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 554 What thou livst Live well, how long or short permit to Heav'n. View more context for this quotation 1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey II. ix. 403 He..then permits their udder to the lambs. 1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. xxvi. 552 There are advantages in permitting events to chance. 1906 C. M. Doughty Dawn in Brit. I. i. 41 Prudent Correus Permits, to his young men, that enterprise. 2. transitive. To allow the occurrence of (an action, etc.); to allow (something) be carried out or to take place; to give permission or opportunity for.Also with that-clause as object. Frequently in passive with infinitive as complement (with agent as indirect object or as object of to). ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > permit [verb (transitive)] thave835 unneeOE levec897 forletc900 i-thavec900 i-unneeOE allowa1393 licensec1400 admit1418 sustainc1425 usea1450 permit1473 permise1481 withganga1500 tolerate1533 intermit?c1550 licentiate1575 'low1587 dispense1646 beholdc1650 warrant1662 1473 Rolls of Parl. VI. 65/2 It be not lawfull nor permitted to eny his Subgetts..to make or commence any Processe..by wey of Reprisale..ayenst the Merchauntez..of the Hanze. 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes iii. xii. 192 To a man in deffense is permytted to hurt another. a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 76 The law doth command no such intaylyng, but permyttyth hyt only. 1539 Bible (Great) 1 Cor. xiv. 34 It is not permitted vnto them to speake. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 117 He permitis, that in general parleaments twa or thrie of thame be present. 1620 tr. G. Boccaccio Decameron I. ii. ix. f. 73 If you please (in your euer knowne gracious benignity) to permit the punishment of the deceiuer. 1695 J. Dryden tr. C. A. Dufresnoy De Arte Graphica 71 Age..permits not that our mortal Members..should retain the Vigour and Spirits of our Youth. 1697 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ I. i. iv. 15 It being permitted any Man..to make an appeal to the People. 1724 J. Henley et al. tr. Pliny the Younger Epist. & Panegyrick I. ii. iii. 58 He demands a number of his Questions from his Audience; and permits the Choice of others. 1759 S. Johnson Prince of Abissinia I. xvi. 111 Imlac permitted the pleasing delusion. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xvi. 572 The magistrates were restrained from the effusion of blood; but the use of every other severity was permitted. 1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice II. iii. 39 Believing that she would have been his only choice, had fortune permitted it. View more context for this quotation 1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair liv. 482 Sir Pitt..would by no means permit the introduction of Sunday papers into his household. 1885 R. L. Stevenson & F. Stevenson Spirited Old Lady in More New Arabian Nights 88 To men there is permitted such a field of license, and the good behaviour asked of them is at once so easy and so little. 1906 J. London White Fang v. iii. 301 It was only the tame that the gods protected, and between the tame deadly strife was not permitted. 1940 Federal Reporter 2nd Ser. 113 158/1 A trustee is not permitted to buy in the trust property on his own account without permission of the court. 1998 Church Times 5 June 12/2 The Church followed the synagogue..in forbidding interest on loans, but permitting compensation if the borrower was late in repayment. 3. a. transitive. To allow or give consent to (a person or thing) to do or undergo something. Chiefly with infinitive. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > permit [verb (transitive)] > permit to do leaveOE suffer1387 vouchsafe14.. admitc1425 permitc1475 promit?1511 beteem1604 c1475 Mankind (1969) 831 (MED) The egall justyse of God wyll not permytte sych a synfull wrech To be rewyvyd and restoryd ageyn. ?1518 A. Barclay Fyfte Eglog sig. Biijv No lawe permytteth, nor wylleth man..To commyt mordre. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Acts xxvi. 1 Thow arte permitted to speake for thy silfe. 1594 Willobie his Auisa xlvii. f. 43v When tyme permits you not to talke. 1614 T. Jackson Third Bk. Comm. Apostles Creede iii. xxv. §4 To permit malefactors trauerse the equitie of publique lawes. 1640 W. Habington Queene of Arragon ii Will you permit The Generall kneele so long? 1710 S. Palmer Moral Ess. Prov. 351 Love and Tenderness won't permit a Good Man always to make a strict Computation. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. xii. 113 Nothing could prevail upon her to permit me from home. 1816 J. Austen Emma II. v. 93 They were permitted to go alone. View more context for this quotation 1847 A. Brontë Agnes Grey xxi. 313 So said I in my heart, and from that hour I only permitted my thoughts to wander to Edward Weston. 1881 G. A. Henty Cornet of Horse (1888) x. 97 Words..which Sir William had in his anger permitted himself to use. 1914 E. R. Burroughs Tarzan of Apes xii. 146 As would have been the case had Tarzan permitted his people to lay waste the plantation wantonly. 1988 L. Appignanesi Simone de Beauvoir v. 92 Contraception and abortion would..permit women to undertake their maternities in freedom. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > permit oneself [verb (reflexive)] allow1567 permit1678 1678 H. More Lett. on Several Subj. (1694) 29 Whoever permits himself in any sin..is his own Prison and Jailour. 1849 J. A. Froude Nemesis of Faith 79 Having..never permitted themselves in extravagance. 1862 C. M. Yonge Countess Kate iii. 53 Lady Barbara..declared that a girl of eleven years old must not be permitted in such childish nonsense. 1870 J. Ruskin Lect. Art (1875) 96 They will permit themselves in awkwardness, they will permit themselves in ugliness. 4. a. intransitive. To give leave or opportunity for something; to provide the right conditions for something; to make something possible. Usually in subordinate clause. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > permit [verb (intransitive)] suffer1297 foryieldc1420 permit1553 1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Hviij As..they presupposed the roundenesse of the earth would permitte. 1612 J. Brinsley Ludus Lit. ix. 147 To examine ouer also the noted wordes, as time permits. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. xv. 77 Such things as cannot be divided, be enjoyed in Common, if it can be; and if the quantity of the thing permit, without Stint. 1684 in B. Cusack Everyday Eng. 1500–1700 (1998) 220 If tiem pormet I woll wriet to yow at anoder ocesion. 1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub Pref. 18 To assist the diligent Reader in so delicate an Affair, as far as brevity will permit. 1739 D. Hume Treat. Human Nature I. iv. 369 Two parts, which we shall endeavour to prove as distinctly and clearly, as such abstruse subjects will permit. 1792 T. Jefferson Let. 23 May in Papers (1990) XXIII. 538 A liberation from the rest unremittingly pursued as fast as right will permit. 1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) IV. 412 As far as the law would in that case allow or permit. 1895 Law Times 99 544/2 A matter on which, had time permitted, I should have been glad to have said something. 1930 W. M. Mann Wild Animals in & out of Zoo xix. 225 In the evening he would climb around the steamer as far as the cord to which he was tethered would permit. 1991 Police Nov. 18/3 The police department opted to set up a vehicle safety checkpoint as manpower permitted. b. intransitive. weather (also funds, health, etc.) permitting: if the state of the weather (funds, health, etc.) is favourable, sufficiently good, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > [phrase] > weather permitting weather (also funds, health, etc.) permitting1651 w.p.1889 1651 Severall Proc. Parl. No. 77. 1194 We hope now (the season permitting) to fall to field action. 1704 Dict. Rusticum 71/2 As soon as the Swarm has entred the Hive, they immediately (the Weather permitting) gather Wax and build Combs. 1712 London Gaz. No. 4953/4 The Edgley Gally will be ready to Sail.., Wind and Weather permitting. 1840 C. Brown Jrnl. in J. Keats Lett. (1958) I. i. 422 ‘Weather permitting’, unless of the bad and excessive kind, was not of much force in our agreement. 1852 C. Brontë Let. 6 Dec. in E. C. Gaskell Life C. Brontë (1857) II. xi. 272 I shall have pleasure, papa's health permitting, in availing myself of her invitation. 1886 Standing Orders, Southern District §12 Weather permitting, the 1st Post at Tattoo..will be sounded on the road opposite the Main Guard. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvi. [Eumaeus] 582 It was not so dear, purse permitting, a few guineas at the outside. 1978 T. Allbeury Lantern Network iii. 32 Arms..will be dropped to your instructions, weather permitting. 1997 Appl. Linguistics 18 56 Ideally, technology permitting, it would be better to change the rate [of speech] ‘on-the-fly’. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > not do [verb (transitive)] > leave undone or fail to carry out letc900 overheaveOE forsakec1175 missa1350 leavea1375 fail1393 forgeta1400 omit?c1422 pretermit1475 neglect1533 to dispense with1559 permit1567 overrun1583 slip1592 default1649 to miss of ——1658 to fail of1723 1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. xv. f. 110v Yet (she good Gentlewoman) woulde permit no duetie..unperformed. 1692 Narr. Earl Nottingham Not to leave it possible to be objected to him that he had permitted anything that might prevent the escape of the French ships. 6. intransitive. With of. To admit, allow. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > possibility > admit of [verb (intransitive)] sufficec1369 suffer1549 admitc1585 allow1635 permit1709 1709 D. Manley Secret Mem. 69 She had learnt to manage the Duke, and to distrust herself; she wou'd no more permit of Kisses, that sweet and dangerous Commerce. 1799 A. Plumptre tr. A. von Kotzebue Virgin of Sun Ded. p. iii The weather being too wet and melancholy to permit of her enjoying the charms of nature,..she had recourse to the Temple of Thalia. 1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre III. xii. 306 So I sought out a school conducted on a more indulgent system; and near enough to permit of my visiting her often. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xii. 87 The crack was not wide enough to permit of the entrance of my finger nail. 1875 E. White Life in Christ (1878) iv. xxvi. 426 It consisted with the Divine wisdom to permit..of the corruption of patriarchal theology into pantheism and world-wide idolatry. 1905 Baroness Orczy Scarlet Pimpernel xxi. 204 The laws of this country do not permit of murder! 1946 A. Nelson Princ. Agric. Bot. xxi. 402 Climatic factors such as temperature permit of active growth of the herbage. 1984 A. Carter Nights at Circus ii. iv. 121 The code of the circus permits of no copying, no change. 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