To Permit

1. (transitive) To allow (something) to happen, to give permission for. [from 15th c.]
2. (transitive) To allow (someone) to do something; to give permission to. [from 15th c.]
3. (intransitive) To allow for, to make something possible. [from 16th c.]
4. (intransitive) To allow, to admit (of). [from 18th c.]
5. (transitive, pronounced like noun) To grant formal authorization for (something).
6. (transitive, pronounced like noun) To attempt to obtain or succeed in obtaining formal authorization for (something).
7. (now archaic, rare) To hand over, resign (something to someone). [from 15th c.]