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Synonyms for permitting
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : verb per-mit; noun pur-mit, per-mit |
| Phonetic Transcription : verb pərˈmɪt; noun ˈpɜr mɪt, pərˈmɪt |
Définition of permitting
Origin :- late 15c., from Middle French permetre and directly from Latin permittere "let pass, let go, let loose; give up, hand over; let, allow, grant, permit," from per- "through" (see per) + mittere "let go, send" (see mission). Related: Permitted; permitting.
- adj consenting
- The liberality of one who has much, in permitting one who has nothing to get all that he can.
- Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
- He obeyed his instincts, permitting the will of his organism to lead him.
- Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola
- "I am afraid I made a mistake in permitting the conference," he said.
- Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- The Doctor frowned at the servant for permitting the interruption.
- Extract from : « Dr. Sevier » by George W. Cable
- Garrison was up on a mount he had been accused of permitting to win last year.
- Extract from : « Garrison's Finish » by W. B. M. Ferguson
- In short, all I did to please her soured her, God so permitting it.
- Extract from : « The Autobiography of Madame Guyon » by Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon
- Let us ask ourselves what the blind can do, and then, how much of this are we permitting them to do?
- Extract from : « Five Lectures on Blindness » by Kate M. Foley
- Duplay saw through the suggestion, but he had no objection to permitting a consultation.
- Extract from : « Tristram of Blent » by Anthony Hope
- He accused him of being a nuisance to men by crowing in the nighttime and not permitting them to sleep.
- Extract from : « Aesop's Fables » by Aesop
- By permitting himself to do this, he showed that he had never loved Lucretia.
- Extract from : « Lucretia Borgia » by Ferdinand Gregorovius
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