society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > permit [verb (transitive)] > give permission to (3)
Const. accusative and infinitive (†pple., complement) or clause: To allow or permit a person… a person or animal.
transitive. To give (a person) liberty to do something. Obsolete.
With object and infinitive. To allow (a person or thing) to do something or to be done or dealt with… transitive. Chiefly U.S. regional (Pennsylvania…