Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
PERMIT
I. verb (permitted; permitting)
Etymology: Middle English permitten, from Latin permittere to let through, permit, from per- through + mittere to let go, send
Date: 15th century
transitive verb to consent to expressly or formally , to give leave ; authorize , to make possible , intransitive verb to give an opportunity ; allow , permittee noun permitter noun
II. noun
Date: 1682
a written warrant or license granted by one having authority , permission ,
III. noun see: palomino
Date: circa 1945
either of two pompanos ( Trachinotus falcatus and T. goodei ) that are important game fishes of temperate to tropical waters of the western Atlantic