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a. (Bot.) Pertaining, or belonging, to the episperm, or covering of a seed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not permissible. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or obtained from, moonseed (Menispermum), or other plants of the same family, as the Anamirta Cocculus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. ménispermine. ] (Chem.) An alkaloid distinct from picrotoxin and obtained from the cocculus indicus (the fruit of Anamirta Cocculus, formerly Menispermum Cocculus) as a white, crystalline, tasteless powder; -- called also menispermina. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to panspermy; as, the panspermic hypothesis. [ 1913 Webster ]

Same as panspermia. [ PJC ]

{ } n. (Biol.) A believer in panspermy; one who rejects the theory of spontaneous generation; a biogenist. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pan- + Gr. &unr_; a seed. ] (Biol.) (a) The doctrine of the widespread distribution of germs, from which under favorable circumstances bacteria, vibrios, etc., may develop. (b) The doctrine that all organisms must come from living parents; biogenesis; -- the opposite of spontaneous generation. (c) The theory that life on earth originated from spores or germs that evolved elsewhere in the uiniverse; -- in contradistinction to the theory that life evolved on earth from inanimate matter. This theory, originally suggested by S. Arrhenius in 1907, is sometimes advanced by those who feel that the time required for evolution of life is too long for life to have evolved on Earth from inanimate matter. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. [ Pepper + mint. ] 1. (Bot.) An aromatic and pungent plant of the genus Mentha (Mentha piperita), much used in medicine and confectionery. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A volatile oil (oil of peppermint) distilled from the fresh herb; also, a well-known essence or spirit (essence of peppermint) obtained from it. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A lozenge of sugar flavored with peppermint. [ 1913 Webster ]

Peppermint camphor. (Chem.) Same as Menthol. --
Peppermint tree (Bot.), a name given to several Australian species of gum tree (Eucalyptus amygdalina, Eucalyptus piperita, E. odorata, etc.) which have hard and durable wood, and yield an essential oil. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. a. [ From the ancient kingdom of Permia, where the Permian formation exists. ] (Geol.) Belonging or relating to the period, and also to the formation, next following the Carboniferous, and regarded as closing the Carboniferous age and Paleozoic era. -- n. The Permian period. See Chart of Geology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl.; sing. Permian (Ethnol.) A tribe belonging to the Finnic race, and inhabiting a portion of Russia. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. permiscere to mingle; per + miscere to mix. ] Capable of being mixed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Permit. ] A permitted choice; a rhetorical figure in which a thing is committed to the decision of one's opponent. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being permissible; permissibleness; allowableness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That may be permitted; allowable; admissible. -- Per*mis"si*ble*ness, n. -- Per*mis"si*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. permissio: cf. F. permission. See Permit. ] The act of permitting or allowing; formal consent; authorization; leave; license or liberty granted. [ 1913 Webster ]

High permission of all-ruling Heaven. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

You have given me your permission for this address. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Leave; liberty; license. -- Leave, Permission. Leave implies that the recipient may decide whether to use the license granted or not. Permission is the absence on the part of another of anything preventive, and in general, at least by implication, signifies approval. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Permitting; granting leave or liberty. “By his permissive will.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Permitted; tolerated; suffered. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a permissive manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. permistio, permixtio, fr. permiscere, permistum, and permixtum. See Permiscible. ] The act of mixing; the state of being mingled; mixture. [ Written also permixtion. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Permitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Permitting. ] [ L. permittere, permissum, to let through, to allow, permit; per + mittere to let go, send. See Per-, and Mission. ] 1. To consent to; to allow or suffer to be done; to tolerate; to put up with. [ 1913 Webster ]

What things God doth neither command nor forbid . . . he permitteth with approbation either to be done or left undone. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To grant (one) express license or liberty to do an act; to authorize; to give leave; -- followed by an infinitive. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Acts xxvi. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To give over; to resign; to leave; to commit. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let us not aggravate our sorrows,
But to the gods permit the event of things. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To allow; let; grant; admit; suffer; tolerate; endure; consent to. -- To Allow, Permit, Suffer, Tolerate. To allow is more positive, denoting (at least originally and etymologically) a decided assent, either directly or by implication. To permit is more negative, and imports only acquiescence or an abstinence from prevention. The distinction, however, is often disregarded by good writers. To suffer has a stronger passive or negative sense than to permit, sometimes implying against the will, sometimes mere indifference. To tolerate is to endure what is contrary to will or desire. To suffer and to tolerate are sometimes used without discrimination. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To grant permission; to allow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Warrant; license; leave; permission; specifically, a written license or permission given to a person or persons having authority; as, a permit to land goods subject to duty. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Sp. palamida a kind of scombroid fish. ] (a) A large pompano (Trachinotus goodei) of the West Indies, Florida, etc. It becomes about three feet long. (b) The round pompano. (Trachinotus falcatus). [ Local, U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. The act of permitting; allowance; permission; leave. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One to whom a permission or permit is given. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who permits. [ 1913 Webster ]

A permitter, or not a hinderer, of sin. J. Edwards. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To mix; to mingle. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Permission. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to sperm, or semen. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Spermidia [ Nl., fr. Gr. spe`rma seed. ] (Bot.) An achenium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; seed, sperm + -ism. ] (Biol.) The theory, formerly held by many, that the sperm or spermatozoon contains the germ of the future embryo; animalculism. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]