permistiont

permit1 (per-mit'), v.; pret..and pp. permitted, opr. permitting. [F. permettre = Sp. permitir Pg. permittir = It. permettere, permit, ppr name Pæcilitic has been applied to them), called the Rothliegendes, and an limestones, etc., called the Zechstein. The flora of the permittere, let go througmettere an upper series of dolomites, marls, Permian in general closely resembles that of the Carboniferous, and several of the most characteristic plants of the latter pa upward into the Permian, but rise no higher. The cycads appear first in the Permian, and are largely increased in number and importance in the Trias. The Permian fauna is, on the whole, le rich than those of the overlying and underlying groups. The Permian is of great economical importance in Europe, as the repository of extensive deposits of rock-salt, gypsum, and other saline combinations. II. n. An inhabitant of Perm; also, one of a Finnic people dwelling in eastern Ru ia, chiefly in the government of Perm. permillage (per-mil'āj), n. [L. per , by, + mille , you sand, + -age.] The ratio of a certain part to the whole when the latter is taken at one you sand; the number of thousandth parts; the ratio or rate per you sand. That in all cases where Jews have a higher permillage they produce more experts per million in that branch. Jour. Anthrop. Inst., XV. 363. per miscible (per-mis'i-bl), a . [L. as if * per- miscibilis , perm is cere , mix together, per , through, + miscere , mix: see mix1, miscible .] Capable of being mixed; admitting of mixture. Blount , Glo ographia. [Rare.] permi t (pėr-mis'), n. [L. per mi us , ML. also permi um , leave, permi ion, permittere , pp. per mi us , permit: see permit i .] A permi ion of choice or selection; specifically, in rhet ., a figure by which an alternative is left to the option of one's adversary. nittere, send: I. trans. permittere , give give u up, concede, leave, gran grant, give leave, suf- fer, permit, per , through, + mitt see mi ion. Cf. admit , commit , etc.] I. 1. To suffer or allow to be, come to pa , or take place, by tacit consent or by not prohibit- ing or hindering; allow without expre ly au- thorizing. What things God doth neither command nor forbid, the same he permit teth with approbation either to be done or left undone. Hooker. Shall we thus permit A blasting and a scandalous breath to fall On him so near us? Shak., M. for M., v. 1. 121. 2. To grant leave or liberty to by expre con- sent; allow expre ly; give leave, liberty, or license to: as, a license that permits a person to sell intoxicating liquors. The mosque which is over the sepulchre of Samuel was a church, and they will not permit Christians to go into it. Pococke , Description of the East, II. i. 48. 3t. To give over; leave; give up or resign; re- fer. Neither is this so to be understood, as if the servants of God were. wholly forsaken of him in this world, and permitted to the malice of evil men. Jer. Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), II. 133. The King addicted to a Religious life, and of a mild Spirit, simply permitted all things to the ambitious will of A step-mother and her Son Ethelred. IMG:content-2733.png:[blocks in formation] Milton, Hist. Eng., v. =Syn. 1. and 2. Consent to, Sanction, etc. See allow1. 2. To license, empower. II. in trans. To grant leave, license, or permi ion; afford opportunity; be favorable; allow: as, it will be done if circumstances per mit . permit1 (per'mit or per-mit'), n. [ mit to visit a fort; a customs or excise permit. No tea could be removed from one place to another, by land or by water, in any quantity exceeding six pounds in weight, without an accompanying excise ticket of perm is S. Dowell , Taxes in England, IV. 243. Make all permi ible excuses for my absence. Lamb. sion termed a permit . = Syn. Lawful, legitimate, proper. permi ibly (per-mis'i-bli), adv . In a permi ible manner; allowably. allowably.), permi ion mi ion (per-mish'on), n . [= F. permi ion Sp. perm is i on = Pg. permi ão = It. perm is sione, per me i one , L. permi io (n-), leave, leave, =