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# permit

«permit» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **To allow someone to do something, or allow something to…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (permit, permits, permitted, permitting); noun (a permit, permits)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (verb, formal) To allow someone to do something, or allow something to happen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/permit/#m1)

2) (noun) An official paper that gives you permission to do something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/permit/#m2)

3) (verb) To make something possible: "weather permitting". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/permit/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In rules and safety signs: "no dogs permitted", "swimming is not permitted". A parking permit or work permit is an official document. Phrases: weather permitting, permit to, not permitted.

### examples

- These ten Sephiroth which are, moreover, ineffable, have their end even as their beginning, conjoined, even as is a flame to a burning coal: for our God is superlative in his unity, and does not permit any second one. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/permit/#x1)
- "Besides, who permitted Rabbi Akiba to write tiie Sefer Yetzirah ? (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/permit/#x2)
- Dogs are not permitted in the café. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/permit/#x3)
- Mum permitted us to stay up late. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/permit/#x4)
- We'll have a picnic, weather permitting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/permit/#x5)
- You need a permit to fish in this lake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/permit/#x6)
- Running is not permitted in the corridors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/permit/#x7)
- Dad showed his parking permit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/permit/#x8)
- Time did not permit a second game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/permit/#x9)
- I could not permit such a thing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/permit/#x10)

### note

Verb stressed "per-MIT", noun "PER-mit". Doubles t: permitted, permitting. More formal than "allow" or "let". Noun of the action: permission.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «permit» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/permit/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.