Definition, synonyms and related words
simple past tense and past participle of permit
"The school permitted us to leave early because it was raining."
In plain English: To permit means to officially allow someone to do something.
"The school permitted students to leave early for the holiday."
Usage: Use permitted to describe an action that was allowed or authorized in the past by a rule or person with authority. It functions as both the simple past tense and the past participle when paired with auxiliary verbs like was or had.
Derived from Old French permis, permitted comes from Latin permissus, the past participle of permittere meaning to send through or let go. The term originally signified allowing something to pass freely before evolving into its current sense of granting authorization.