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ne; to tolerate; to put up with. What things God doth neither command nor forbid . . . he permitteth with approbation either to be done or left undone. Hooker.

The act of permitting; allowance; permission; leave. Milton.

One to whom a permission or permit is given.

One who permits. A permitter, or not a hinderer, of sin. J. Edwards.

To mix; to mingle. [Obs.]

See Permission.

A special form of rotary converter with stationary commutator and rotating brushes, in which the exciting field is induced by the alternating current in a short-circuited magnetic core instead of being produced by an external magnet.

Capable of being permuted; exchangeable. -- Per*mut"a*ble*ness, n. -- Per*mut"a*bly, adv.

The act of permuting; exchange of the thing for another; mutual transference; interchange. The violent convulsions and permutations that have been made in property. Burke.

To exchange; to barter; to traffic. [Obs.] Bought, trucked, permuted, or given. Hakluyt.

One who permutes.

To take profit of; to make profitable. [Obs.] Sylvester.

A taking or reception, as the receiving of rents or tithes in kind, the receiving of profits. Blackstone.

See Pimpernel. [Obs.]

Destruction; perdition. [Obs.] hudibras.

injuring or killing; destructive; very mischievous; baleful; malicious; wicked. Let this pernicious hour Stand aye accursed in the calendar. Shak. Pernicious to his health. Prescott.

Swiftness; celerity. [R.] Ray.

Finical or fussy; full of petty details. [Colloq.]

A chilblain.

One who watches or keeps awake all night.