permit

CEFRB1

/pɚˈmɪt/

verb · noun

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Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

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Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 48
Last week the decision on two points was conclusive: the Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A. will not permit ordination of women as ministers, but will permit their election as ruling elders, permission which makes possible a woman as moderator.
1930 December 19, “Presbytarians”, in Time
He was ultimately cleared, but during that period, Mr. Ackman said, his lawyers would not permit him to defend himself publicly.
2009, Patricia Cohen, New York Times, 17 Jan 09, p. 1
What was left to say? Quite a lot, if only parliamentary time permitted.
2006 December 3, Mary Riddell, “Trident is a Weapon of Mass Destruction”, in The Observer
For snackage there's a 1950s-themed diner plus a barbie on the terrace, weather permitting.
2009 July 25, John Mitchell, “Clubs Preview”, in The Guardian

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From Middle English permitten, borrowed from Middle French permettre, from Latin permittō (“give up, allow”), from per (“through”) + mittō (“send”).