
n. (Biol.) A believer in the doctrine, formerly current, of encasement in the male (see Encasement), in which the seminal thread, or spermatozoid, was considered as the real animal germ, the head being the true animal head and the tail the body. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
What things God doth neither command nor forbid . . . he permitteth with approbation either to be done or left undone. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]
Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Acts xxvi. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]
Let us not aggravate our sorrows,
But to the gods permit the event of things. Addison. [ 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;
n. [ Cf. Sp. palamida a kind of scombroid fish. ]
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 ]