Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Allowed; allowed expressly, as by law.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
permit .
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Examples
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Instead, the Eagles propose not just to suspend him for the term permitted by the collective bargaining agreement, but to make him inactive for the duration of the season.
P.O.'d about T.O. 2005
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After having served at the head of the executive the term permitted by the constitution of the State, he entered into its Legislature, where he preserved a great share of influence.
Life and Times of Washington Schroeder, J. F. 1903
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After having served at the head of the executive the term permitted by the constitution of the State, he entered into its Legislature, where he preserved a great share of influence.
Life and Times of Washington, Volume 2 Revised, Enlarged, and Enriched John Frederick Schroeder 1852
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After having served at the head of the executive the term permitted by the constitution of the state, he entered into its legislature, where he preserved a great share of influence.
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After decades of use, the data on the drug speaks clearly: it reduces health risks to the woman by avoiding the need for surgery, and it reduces the probability of the decision and any intervention reaching the last few weeks of the term permitted for surgical abortions, thereby encouraging terminations in the very earliest stages of cellular division of the fertilized egg.
Anarkismo.net FdCA Ethics & Gender Policies Commission 2009
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I will not allow any more of these illustrations of what you call permitted blasphemy in cheap publications.
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My father was enraptured on finding me freed from the vexations of a criminal charge, that I was again permitted to breathe the fresh atmosphere, and allowed to return to my native country.
Chapter 21 2010
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He went over the rules for hunters bringing in permitted weapons and then simply said 'arma es carcel' (gun = jail).
Page 3 2008
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He went over the rules for hunters bringing in permitted weapons and then simply said 'arma es carcel' (gun = jail).
Page 3 2008
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He went over the rules for hunters bringing in permitted weapons and then simply said 'arma es carcel' (gun = jail).
Page 3 2008
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