God was conceived to be diffused throughout the whole world, to
permeate and pervade all things.
Cudworth.
Per`me*a"tion (?), n. The act of permeating, passing through, or
spreading throughout, the pores or interstices of any substance.
Here is not a mere involution only, but a spiritual permeation and
inexistence.
Bp. Hall.
Per"mi*an (?), a. [From the ancient kingdom of Permia, where the
Permian formation exists.] (Geol.) Belonging or relating to the period,
and also to the formation, next following the Carboniferous, and
regarded as closing the Carboniferous age and Paleozoic era. -- n. The
Permian period. See Chart of Geology.
Per"mi*ans (?), n. pl.; sing. Permian (&?;). (Ethnol.) A tribe
belonging to the Finnic race, and inhabiting a portion of Russia.
Per*mis"ci*ble (?), a. [L. permiscere to mingle; per + miscere to mix.]
Capable of being mixed.
Per*miss" (?), n. [See Permit.] A permitted choice; a rhetorical figure
in which a thing is committed to the decision of one's opponent. [Obs.]
Milton.
Per*mis`si*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality of being permissible;
permissibleness; allowableness.
Per*mis"si*ble (?), a. That may be permitted; allowable; admissible. --
Per*mis"si*ble*ness, n. -- Per*mis"si*bly, adv.
Per*mis"sion (?), n. [L. permissio: cf. F. permission. See Permit.] The
act of permitting or allowing; formal consent; authorization; leave;
license or liberty granted.
High permission of all-ruling Heaven.
Milton.
You have given me your permission for this address.
Dryden.
Syn. -- Leave; liberty; license. -- Leave, Permission. Leave implies
that the recipient may decide whether to use the license granted or
not. Permission is the absence on the part of another of anything
preventive, and in general, at least by implication, signifies
approval.
Per*mis"sive (?), a. 1. Permitting; granting leave or liberty. "By his
permissive will." Milton.