Bought, trucked, permuted, or given.
Hakluyt.
Per*mut"er (?), n. One who permutes.
Pern (?), v. t. [See Pernancy.] To take profit of; to make profitable.
[Obs.] Sylvester.
Pern, n. (Zoˆl.) The honey buzzard.
Per"nan*cy (?), n. [OF. prenance, fr. prendre, prenre, penre, to take,
L. prendere, prehendere.] (Law) A taking or reception, as the receiving
of rents or tithes in kind, the receiving of profits. Blackstone.