KJV Dictionary Definition: permissible

permissible

PERMIS'SIBLE, a. See Permit. That may be permitted or allowed.

permission

PERMIS'SION, n. L.permissio, from permitto, to permit.

1. The act of permitting or allowing.

2. Allowance; license or liberty granted.

You have given me your permission for this address.

permissive

PERMIS'SIVE, a. Granting liberty; allowing.

1. Granted; suffered without hinderance.

Thus I emboldened spake,and freedom used

Permissive,and acceptance found.

permissively

PERMIS'SIVELY, adv. By allowance; without prohibition or hinderance.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.

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