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Antonyms for permitted


Grammar : Adj
Spell : verb per-mit; noun pur-mit, per-mit
Phonetic Transcription : verb pərˈmɪt; noun ˈpɜr mɪt, pərˈmɪt



Definition of permitted

Origin :
  • late 15c., from Middle French permetre and directly from Latin permittere "let pass, let go, let loose; give up, hand over; let, allow, grant, permit," from per- "through" (see per) + mittere "let go, send" (see mission). Related: Permitted; permitting.
  • adj granted
Example sentences :
  • Whether I will be permitted again to look upon your dear faces, I also am ignorant.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • He says, he will convince you of his love by deeds, since he is not permitted by you to express it by words.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • May not, however, so deep a sufferer be permitted to speak out?
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • How willingly would my dear mother shew kindness to me, were she permitted!
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • At least they ought not to have been permitted to cross the Saltketcher.
  • Extract from : « A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion » by William Dobein James
  • I must be permitted to retire to my apartment whenever he comes.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • Bight hours was the time Mr. Gladstone permitted himself to sleep.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • Only on some such ground can we believe that any would be permitted to return.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • If Aunt had been at home I wouldn't have been permitted to see him.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • But it was not his home: he only was permitted to go there for a little while, and away again.
  • Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri

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