permittedadj.

1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique G3 ^v Howe chaunceth it that we thincke it lesse filthye, to eate, to chewe, to digest..then it is to use carnall copulation, such as it [sic] lawfull, and permitted.

1636 C. Butler Princ. Musik 132 Wee shoold wilfully deprive our selvs of these permitted Comforts.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis x, in tr. Virgil Wks. 498 Then is your time for Faction and Debate, For partial Favour, and permitted Hate.

1704 H. Waring (title) The access to virtue; or, permitted approach of a court penitent to the divine Astrea.

1791 H. More Estimate Relig. Fashionable World 138 An habit of self~denial in permitted pleasures easily induces a victory over such as are unlawful.

a1822 P. B. Shelley Charles I ii, in Wks. (1870) II. 381 To his God Alone he must deliver up his trust, Unshorn of its permitted attributes.

1877 J. A. Froude Short Stud. (1883) IV. 114 He indulged his natural inclinations at all permitted times.

1958 Economist 18 Oct. 280/1 For the first two quota periods (6 months) of the current year, the permitted output averaged 118 tons per month.

1992 Voice 22 Dec. 12/4 He was breathalysed at the scene of the accident and was found to have three times the permitted level of alcohol in his blood.

1796 S. T. Coleridge Relig. Musings in Poems Var. Subj. 163 Such delights As float to earth, permitted visitants!

1881 A. Trollope Ayala's Angel III. lxiv. 275 That aroma which has filled with delight the senses of the girl who has leaned upon his arm as her permitted lover.

1898 Westm. Gaz. 11 Feb. 10/1 To escape the jaws of the large pike, the only permitted poachers which exist at the lake.

1940 Deming (New Mexico) Headlight 15 Nov. 3/3 That the interests of the permitted user..be adequately safeguarded.

2000 Edmonton (Alberta) Jrnl. (Nexis) 21 Apr. b3 Rather than giving away new taxi cab licences, to a few permitted lottery entrants, the city should sell them in an open auction to the highest bidder.

1919 Times 23 Sept. 5/1 The purposes for which an advisory committee may be appointed are limited to questions concerning reduction, increase, or distribution of licensed premises, and concerning any variation in the permitted hours of sale.

1923 W. B. Capper Licensed Houses III. lxxii. 211 In Wales and Monmouthshire, however, there are no permitted hours for licensed premises on Sundays.

1992 J. Paige & G. Paige Hotel Receptionist (BNC) 181 The permitted hours provisions do not apply to any persons in premises where they are residing.

1824 Notes & Queries 9th Ser. 7 501/1 The force..of the Satanic craft permittedly practised upon you.

1906 H. James in Harper's Mag. Aug. 350/2 A mysterious, rich, superior, but quite disconnected and not at all permittedly patronizing Providence.

1945 Accounting Rev. 20 178/2 Does a manufacturer decide to discontinue a line because, with price ceilings pressing down and labor costs permittedly rising, it is no longer profitable?