permiss

== English == === Noun === permiss (plural permisses) A choice that has been permitted. A rhetorical device in which a thing is predicated on the decision of one's opponent. ==== Quotations ==== For quotations using this term, see Citations:permiss. === Verb === permiss (third-person singular simple present permisses, present participle permissing, simple past and past participle permissed) (transitive, nonstandard, rare) To grant permission to; permit 1977, Biochemistry and Experimental Biology - Volumes 13-14: The catheter was connected through a forked tube either with electromanometer (or a mercury manometer), or with a pressurized reservoir system through a cock permissing to switch arbitrarily one or the other. === Related terms === permission permissive === Anagrams === Persism, Simpers, impress, mispers, premiss, simpers